A HEADACHE IN THE PELVIS

The top-selling book about pelvic pain offering the gold-standard nondrug, nonsurgical Wise-Anderson protocol for treating chronic pelvic pain, A Headache in the Pelvis has only been available online until now; this streamlined edition will be the definitive resource for anyone suffering from pelvic pain.

Chronic pelvic pain goes by the names of pelvic floor dysfunction and prostatitis, among others. Its causes are hard to pinpoint, so it is often left untreated despite causing excruciating pain. David Wise, PhD, went searching for relief 20 years ago after doctors were unable to help him, diving into medical literature, self-experimenting, and ultimately joining forces with Stanford urologist Dr. Rodney Anderson. He finally found relief via the muscle relaxation protocol they created.

Wise and Anderson's theory is that pelvic floor pain is correlated with psychological distress. It can stem from anxiety, which is why sufferers tend to be type-A high-achievers. A Headache in the Pelvis addresses the root of the problem: stress, and guides the reader through a holistic treatment integrating physical therapy and meditative relaxation, a protocol that studies show allows one-third of patients to stop all drugs after six months.


DAVID WISE, PhD, the primary author of the book, spent eight years in the Department of Urology at Stanford University Medical Center as a visiting research scholar working with Dr. Rodney Anderson. He is a licensed psychologist in California and his research interests are in behavioral medicine and autonomic self-regulation.
RODNEY U. ANDERSON, MD, FACS, is professor of urology (emeritus-active) at Stanford University School of Medicine. His subspecialty clinical expertise is neurourology and female urology. He continues to be actively engaged in clinical research at Stanford on the Wise-Anderson Protocol and other research.