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A Headache in the Pelvis: A New Understanding and Treatment for Prostatitis and Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndromes, Second Edition

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I was having many symptoms described in this book and they peaked while I was out of the country in a developing country, no less. After having antibiotics, alpha-blockers, antispasmodics, painkillers and being told I had BPH and later IC, I had started to despair. The urologists couldn't really figure out what I had and when I told them about the enormous amount of stress I had leading up to this and that I spent alot of time working at a desk chair...well they looked blank. On my recent trip I was in so much pain and the only thing that really helped was a hot shower. That was my first clue that something such as relaxation might help. I had frequency, urgency, burning pain, pain in the penis, and scrotum. I had access to a computer with the internet on my trip and during my down time I started to review the medical literature on IC in men and prostatis in men. I was convinced I had IC, although a potassium test was negative (one doc was pushing me to go on Elmiron while one was against it). I found some helpful info on the internet about overactive bladders and stuff like don't panic and try to stretch the time interval to urination. Doing that and drinking a great deal of water helped with the problem. After reading a review of this book at the IC network, I called the publisher and somehow the author (Dr. Wise) called me. I was blown away that he would talk with me. We talked for some time and he seemed to be caring, compassionate, and well versed in the medical aspects of the problem. I started to get better as soon as he gave me some tips over the phone! I got the book and it is very comprehensive. I started the relaxation procedures but I can tell this will take some dedication but it is really worth it. I'm bringing the book to my urologist next week.

If you've experienced symptoms of pelvic dysfunction, such as pain, difficulty with urination, or sexual problems, and have not yet found an answer, this book may be exactly what you need. The book applies to both sexes, but I can speak from experience to the men: if you have any of these symptoms, and/or have been diagnosed with prostatitis and especially if antibiotics have given limited or no relief from symptoms, PLEASE read the book. I began to improve within a week of starting the book and applying its methods.

However, as the author points out, the treatment methods found in this book are not a quick fix. They require dedication and consistent effort. If you are as frustrated in your search as I was in mine, you will have no problem making that effort, and you may find the book to be a godsend, as I did.

Avoid this despicable and unscientific harmful book - NEGATIVE STARS (fewer than zero!)

The Wise-Anderson book sells the idea that disabling pelvic pain is the patient's own fault -- the result of "tension" arising out of bad habits and guilt. The idea is evil: an outrageous and dangerous and antiquated fraud. Consider:

1. There is no science behind Wise-Anderson's book: no double-blind peer reviewed studies, and no patient follow-up on which such studies might be based. It derives from long-discredited ideas by Freud, who blamed his patient's problems on "hysteria" which later turned out to be epilepsy and other real diseases.

2. I have no medical training, but I figured out real doctors use differentials (lists of possible causes) for pelvic pain. Many causes of pelvic pain are well known, mundane and curable (as examples, infection, nonpalpable inguinal hernias, and kidney stones which can cause "referred" pain in surprising places). But the reader of the Wise-Anderson book is led away from mundane medicine to blame themselves -- as though self-induced "tension" is the real problem!

3. I don't doubt that muscles tense in response to pain, but to blame the pain on muscles (as the Wise-Anderson book does) is backwards -- in my opinion, that mixes up cause and effect.

In short, Wise-Anderson are profiteers -- making money (from book sales, quack meditation centers, and quack internal massages) by diverting people from the long known mainstream causes of pelvic pain.

In my case after years of mis-direction by Wise-Anderson and others, I learned I had a nonpalpable (difficult to detect by feel) inguinal hernia -- a very common and curable problem. At some point I apparently also had an infection, which (I was told) made the pain worse. Hernias -- by allowing bacteria-laden intestines to poke where they don't belong -- may make infections more likely.

What I know for sure is: I'm cured.

Patients will know they're making progress when they find a doctor who knows a differential for pelvic pain which does NOT include the Wise-Anderson protocol. Avoid the pelvic pain profiteers, starting with avoiding Wise-Anderson's despicable, misleading and harmful book.