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This podcast is about muscle-related pelvic pain in men and women. Dr. David Wise, co-author of the groundbreaking book “A Headache in the Pelvic,” discusses the frequent misunderstanding and mistreatment of chronic pelvic syndromes, and the relationship between anxiety and pelvic pain. Dr. Wise, w…

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    • May 1, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    Latest episodes from Pelvic Pain Podcast|The Real Story About Chronic Pelvic Pain

    Pelvic Pain, Fear Helplessness and Discovering the Wise-Anderson Protocol

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025 15:56


    For treating: prostatitis, chronic pelvic pain syndrome, pelvic floor dysfunction, pudendal neuralgia, levator ani syndrome, perineal pain, sitting pain, chronic pelvic pain

    EPR with a Partner

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2024 30:02


    Reflections on My Experience Recovering from Pelvic Pain

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2024 16:22


    The Wise-Anderson Protocol significantly reduces symptoms of chronic pelvic pain syndrome in a majority of those who practice it (study)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2023 20:20


      The Wise-Anderson Protocol significantly reduces symptoms of chronic pelvic pain syndrome in a majority of those who practice it (study) (including pelvic floor dysfunction, including pelvic floor dysfunction, prostatitis/cpps, chronic pelvic pain syndrome, prostatodynia, levator ani syndrome, pudendal neuralgia, pelvic floor hypertonia, paradoxical puborectalis syndrome, coccydynia)

    Diagnosing Muscle-Based Pelvic Pain

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2023 10:32


    Diagnosing muscle-based pelvic pain, including: pelvic floor dysfunction, a bacterial prostatitis, non-bacterial prostatitis, Prostatitis/CPPS, chronic pelvic pain syndrome, levator ani syndrome, pudendal, neuralgia, and coccydynia.

    The Disciplined Program To Help Resolve Pelvic Floor Pain

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2023 15:38


    Relaxation as the healing chamber for Pelvic Pain

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2022 14:09


    Relaxation as the healing chamber for pelvic pain

    Pelvic Pain Home Treatment Program

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2022 19:48


    Discussing the newly released Pelvic Pain Home Treatment Program from Dr. Wise

    Understanding Chronic Vigilance as the Cause of Chronic Pelvic Pain

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2022 16:22


    Why It Takes Prostatitis and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction Time to Heal

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2020 15:15


    You Are the Environment

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2020 11:37


    Pelvic Pain and Plato

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2020 6:30


    Why Regular Profound Relaxation Is Essential In Healing A Painful Pelvis

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2019 17:29


    Surgery Is Not a Good Idea for Treating Muscle Based Pelvic Floor Pain

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2019 11:56


    The Secret to Pelvic Pain Healing is Hidden in Plain Sight

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2019 15:14


    The Characteristics of Men Suffering with Prostatitis

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2019 8:32


    Understanding Pelvic Pain Healing For Dummies

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2019 18:53


    Medications and the Inside Job of Healing a Sore Pelvis

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2019 7:20


    Thawing the Frozen Pelvic Floor

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2019 5:36


    Pelvic Floor Dysfunction, Prostatitis, Levator Ani Syndrome, Pudendal Neuralgia, Chronic Proctalgia are all names for the same condition

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2019 10:01


    God Cures and the Doctor Collects the Fee

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2019 9:01


    The Medicine of Letting Go

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2018 16:16


    Pelvic Pain As Psycho-Neuro Muscular Event

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2018 11:51


    The Power of Having a Clear Understanding of Pelvic Pain Can Help You

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2018 6:44


    Being Held Like a Child Can Temporarily Help Reduce Pain

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2018 5:59


    How you look at your condition can hurt you or help you

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2018 11:48


    If you think about your problem as something that is out of your realm of understanding, of something that will never heal, something that is unknown and something that is beyond your control, your anxiety level will rise and the environment inside will not be conducive to the relaxation and ultimate resolution and healing of the sore inside.

    How Pelvic Floor Dysfunction Heals

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2017 23:05


    In this podcast Dr. Wise discusses the stages of relaxation that support the healing of pelvic floor irritability and spasm associated with pelvic floor pain.  These 3 stages of healing are related to diagnoses of prostatitis/CPPS, pelvic floor dysfunction, levator ani syndrome chronic pelvic pain, coccydynia, among others.

    Regular Profound Relaxation and Healing Pelvic Pain

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2017 13:16


    Practice Extended Paradoxical relaxation to quiet down the noises on the inside.

    How Chronic Anxiety Can Lead to Pelvic Pain

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2017 15:14


    In this podcast, I will discuss how anxiety can cause a reflex contraction of the muscles in the pelvis floor, and if one is anxious and worries regularly, this worry can produce a chronic contraction of the muscles of the pelvis that stays contracted. I believe this pelvic tightening is a physical reflex in a certain group of the population, and over time this contraction doesn’t resolve back into relaxed tissue. 

    The Invisible disorder of Pelvic Pain

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2017 9:42


    Many sufferers of chronic pelvic pain syndrome are told that they looked fine. To be told that you don’t look like you have a problem when you are suffering greatly, often leaves you feeling frightened, lost with nowhere to go and catastrophizing about the future.

    Drugs Rarely Help Resolve Pelvic Pain

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2017 9:45


    This episode discusses how giving drugs for pelvic pain is a band aid to the problem and why eventually this attempted solution fails. 

    Anxiety & Pelvic Pain

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2017 5:55


    This podcast talks about the effect of the biological reaction of fight, flight and freeze on triggering and perpetuating chronic pelvic pain syndromes.

    Pelvic Pain Self-Treatment

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2017 3:38


    This podcast explains why self-treatment is the central focus of the Wise-Anderson Protocol for pelvic floor pain.

    Psychotherapy & Pelvic Pain

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2017 1:58


    This podcast talks about the importance of reducing symptoms through physical and behavior intervention and the limitation of psychotherapy alone.

    Prostatitis as a Stress/Tension Disorder

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2017 5:19


    In this podcast Paradoxical Relaxation is discussed as the practice of letting go of effort and anxiety.  Paradoxical Relaxation gives patients a way to turn off their own fearful pelvic contraction.

    Stress Reduction & Pelvic Pain

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2017 3:51


    Paradoxical Relaxation and the practice of being “off duty” create a space to allow muscles to rest and painful pelvic tissue to heal. 

    The Stanford Study on Stress & Prostatitis/CPPS

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2017 3:32


    This podcast talks about the relationships between stress and prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome

    Nervous Arousal & Pelvic Pain

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2017 5:03


    Deep relaxation is the experience of effortlessness and the practice of moving from a state of doing to a state of being. Large doses of effortlessness are the essential ingredient in relaxing a tight pelvic floor.

    Pelvic Pain Syndrome is a Systemic and Local Issue

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2017 5:04


    This podcast discuss the local issue of pelvic pain which exists in the larger context of a person’s nervous state. 

    Peace of Mind - The Real Medicine

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2017 4:43


    Extended Paradoxical Relaxation is the practice of getting used to being unguarded and quiet, of letting go of anxious thinking and resting in a state significantly free of all thought. In this state, the pelvis can relax. In the state of inner peace the sore, irritated, upset pelvic tissue can heal.

    Trigger Points in Men with Prostatitis

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2017 3:56


    The Wise-Anderson Protocol form of internal pelvic floor physical therapy addresses certain clusters of trigger points inside and outside of pelvic floor that create and perpetuate chronic pelvic pain

    Catastrophic Thinking & Pelvic Pain

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2017 3:11


    Catastrophic thinking is typical in those with chronic pelvic pain.  Ending catastrophic thinking lies in a certain form of self-treatment. .

    Post Bowel Movement Pelvic Pain

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2017 4:40


    This podcast explains the cause of post bowel movement pain and the Wise-Anderson Protocol treatment for it. 

    Initial Stanford Wise-Anderson Protocol Study

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2017 4:02


    Dr. Wise discusses first Stanford study on the results of the Wise-Anderson protocol treatment for prostatitis/CPPS.

    (Most cases of Prostatitis are in fact Pelvic Floor Dysfunction (Prostatitis: Clarifying the Confusion (Most diagnoses of prostatitis are in fact Pelvic Floor Dysfunction))

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2017 10:12


    This podcast is important for men suffering from symptoms that are typically diagnosed as prostatitis. The vast majority of men diagnosed with prostatitis do not have any infection or pathology of the prostate gland but instead suffer from a spasm or charley horse in the pelvis.  Most do not know that the prostate gland is not the cause of their condition.

    Pelvic Pain & Meditation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2017 7:16


    Relaxation is the 21st century name for what is sometimes called meditation. It is essential in the resolution of prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain symptoms, as it is explained in this podcast.

    Airplane Mode & Pelvic Pain

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2017 9:49


    This podcast explains the necessity of daily lowering anxiety and sympathetic nervous system arousal in the successful treatment of chronic pelvic pain syndromes, by regularly creating an environment that you cannot be disturbed in.

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