Ending Female Pain

I received a copy of Ending Female Pain today, it's a pretty expensive book (around 30-something pounds I think) but I had some Amazon vouchers and thought rather than use them on everyone else at Xmas why not buy myself something! It's got alot of information in it about the pelvic floor, different types of self massage, positive thinking, topical applications etc and the author is a previous sufferer who recovered. She treats people at her clinic in New York but wrote the book for those of us who can't get there and it's also got alot of testimonals from previous clients who are doing really well with these methods. I haven't absorbed all the info yet but it seems it was well worth buying it, there are 11 different reverse kegel positions in it alone and yoga and pilates style stuff, it seems like a really good book.

Wow I like the sound of that book!! Especially as it has been written by a previous sufferer who has recovered!!

Hey maybe I can contact the author and let her know about this forum, maybe she will do an question and answer session!! sounds like a good idea!!

I just may treat myself to an early xmas present!!

Thanks so much for the info

Hope you are doing ok

Sebby
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A question and answer session would be fantastic if she'd do it! As she's in NY most of us would have to try and coordinate our times on here, I'll look at her name next time I'm near the book and let you know how to contact her.

She also mentions the other condition you have (vagi... forgotten the rest! The one where the muscles clamp up) and says that's often a pelvic floor issue too. And in the back is a few pages of photos showing the best place for TENS pads for various problems, she has one that affects the pudendal nerve so I might try that!

One thing I really like about the book though is no matter where you are on the pelvic floor work she still gives exercises for you to do so even if you are still in the release stage like I am you can do some of the other exercises but in a way designed not to tighten the pelvic floor up again.

And she also tells us how to find certain muscles that are usually implicated in this, the obturator internus is one I knew where it was but didn't know exactly how to isolate it to massage it and she explains that too. It's a really good book!

since i have a tens unit, i think i will buy this book. i need all the info i can get. also want to know about messaging the inside of my lady part.

The massage advice is good, there's a couple of techniques you can do by hand and she gives advice on using a dilator to reach trigger points higher up which is very helpful. I know for a fact I've got trigger points in my pelvic floor as the physio pressed one when she was testing my contractions with her finger! She also gives some external massage for the vulva to reduce restrictions in the superficial muscles which is something I've not come across before. I like that she's a former sufferer and she's made it her life's work to figure out ways to help the problem.