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Recommended Reads

ENDOMETRIOSIS
Beating Endo: How to Reclaim Your Life from Endometriosis : No more “misdiagnosis roulette” and no more limits on women’s lives: Beating Endo puts the tools of renewed health in the hands of those whose health is at risk.
The Doctor Will See You Now: Recognizing and Treating Endometriosis : For women determined to let the world know their stories so that every woman with this disease – from the thirteen-year-old girl who is being told that her pain is “part of becoming a woman” to the woman who has been misdiagnosed for decades – knows she is not alone.
PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE
Pelvic Organ Prolapse: The Silent Epidemic : Dissects the path women walk from recognition and diagnosis through the surgical and nonsurgical treatment options they need to choose between to find optimal pelvic floor health.
PELVIC HEALTH
Pelvic Liberation: Using Yoga, Self-Inquiry, and Breath Awareness for Pelvic Health : This book is a shout-out to normalize the conversation about pelvic health and improve a woman’s knowledge and awareness of her pelvis.
PELVIC PAIN
A Man's Manual: Ending Male Pelvic Pain : Isa Herrera, MSPT, CSCS, Physiotherapist and men’s pelvic health expert, has written the ultimate self-help guide for men suffering from pelvic pain, sexual pain, or recovering from prostatectomy surgery.
Breaking Through Chronic Pelvic Pain: A Holistic Approach for Relief : Will empower you to discover the true source of debilitating pelvic pain and finally alleviate it.
Facing Pelvic Pain: A Guide for Patients and Their Families : Facing Pelvic Pain is for anyone whose life is affected by this condition. Written by leading health care providers, researchers, and advocates in the field, Facing Pelvic Pain combines top-tier medical information and compassionate counsel on the diagnosis and management of the condition, with a caring and sensible approach to the physical and emotional aspects of living with pelvic pain and its complications.
Heal Pelvic Pain : Offers relief and recovery—not through surgery and not through drugs, but through stretching and relaxation exercises, manual techniques, biofeedback, and the other modalities and self-care techniques of physical therapy.
Pelvic Pain Explained : At its heart, Pelvic Pain Explained is the story of how patients develop pelvic pain, the challenges patients and providers face throughout the diagnosis and treatment process, the difficult task of sifting through the different available treatment options, and the impact that an “invisible” condition has on a patient’s life and relationships. Those who develop pelvic pain find the path to proper diagnosis and treatment frustrating and unsuccessful, oftentimes because they are trying to work within the model of recovery they are used to; one in which they go to the doctor, maybe take some tests and then get a very specific diagnosis that dictates a very specific mode of treatment. This simply is not the path to healing from pelvic pain. Pelvic pain is a health issue that crosses the borders between medical disciplines and requires the patient to be a proactive participant in the healing process.
The Better Bladder Book : The use of diet and herbs, regular exercise, stress and pain reduction techniques, and methods for better sleep are explored where medical treatment
Why Do I Hurt? : Teaches patients the science of pain in approachable language with metaphors, examples and images.
Why Pelvic Pain Hurts : Teaches you the truth about your chronic pelvic pain; what it is, how the brain and nervous system collaborate to create pain and how you can finally find relief.
VAGINISMUS
Completely Overcome Vaginismus : The go-to guide for women and professionals alike to confront vaginismus.
How to Overcome your Vaginismus: Change your Sexual Experience from Painful to Pleasant : This book contains practical knowledge, techniques and exercises, underpinned by my own experiences and of those of the women I have coached.