Why Pelvic Pain Hurts: Neuroscience Education for Patients with Pelvic Pain

by Adriaan Louw, Sandra Hilton, Carolyn Vandyken

The more you know about pain, the better off you'll be. Why Pelvic Pain Neuroscience Education for Patients with Pelvic Pain teaches you the truth about your chronic pelvic what it is, how the brain and nervous system collaborate to create pain, and how you can finally find relief. Written by physical therapists Adriaan Louw, Sandra Hilton and Carolyn Vandyken. Illustrated. Softcover; 70 pages. Non-returnable.

Genres: Health

72 pages, Spiral-bound

First published May 28, 2014

Reviews

[Libby · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is brilliant. I have read a lot of books about pelvic pain (I have endometriosis which has then caused a few other conditions that this book also covers), and this book is the best of the lot. It's also the shortest book I've read on pelvic pain which really shows how powerful it is - that they can give you so much information in so few pages. It explains complex scientific concepts in easy to understand language and above all it is empathetic to the plight of those with pelvic pain. Highly recommended.

[MJ Quinn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Explains perfectly

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very similar to Why Do I Hurt?, and there is a lot of overlap between these two pain education pamphlets. Seeing as I've had 11+ pelvic repair surgeries and procedures, I was hoping to find more help. I needed to remember that this book does exactly what its title states—I learned WHY I have chronic pelvic pain, just not how to help get rid of it.

[Cassi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Our understanding of pain has grown exponentially recently. This doesn’t mean there is an easy solution to chronic pain, but the solution doesn’t have to depend on opioids or alcohol.

I recommend this book to and a pelvic floor PT to every woman. (Many take Medicaid, and issues such as colitis and fibroids as well as join and muscle pain and inflammation can be helped with pelvic floor PT.)

[Shaina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Maybe a strange one to mark as read lol, but I never knew this was a thing. It helped me, maybe it will help someone else too. A but simplistic at times, but a good starting point with insightful and helpful information. ❤️‍🩹

[Megan Gilkes · Rating 4 out of 5]

Highly recommend to anyone suffering chronic pelvic pain. Although, honestly this book is likely helpful for anyone with chronic pain of any kind. Very simple read.

[Emily DePalma]

Great book for anyone with pain from endometriosis, fibroids, pcos, or anything else that causes pelvic pain.

[Julianna · Rating 4 out of 5]

The strategies were helpful but descriptions were oversimplified.

[Lavinia · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm not really sure who the audience is supposed to be. The layman's terms, analogies and illustrations are all so juvenile but then it discusses pain with intercourse. My patients would probably not appreciate this type of guide. At least nothing seemed factually incorrect.