Experience In practice since 1990. Two years on staff at a hospital Wellness and Rehabilitation Center.
Publications Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients, American Journal of Pain Management, Somatics: Magazine-Journal of the Mind-Body Arts and Sciences. More complete listing at somatics.com/gold.htm
Education/Credentials Certifications: Hanna Somatic Education, the Dr. Ida P. Rolf method of Structural Integration (partial list)
Question I've been diagnosed with "pelvic floor pain". When sitting, the top of my legs, my backside and the inside top thighs burn. I also have burning across my lower abdomen and around my waist. And my lower back aches. I've been to many doctors who prescribe painkillers, lyrica, neuronton, antidepressants, muscle relaxants - those drugs do nothing. I've been treated by physical therapists and a massage therapist, internally and externally, for trigger point release, and have been doing stretching exercises twice a day. All of this has been going on for months with a bit of relief but the burning really gets to me. I do take Xanax, it helps lower the burning.
Can your program help me?
Answer Hello, rs,
In answer, yes.
"Treatment" is categorically the wrong approach; pelvic floor pain almost always results from muscular contractions, and one can't "treat" muscular contractions; they are a behavior of the muscular system controlled by the brain.
One can't "treat"; one can "train" -- the person to get control of their muscular tension. The method is called, "clinical somatic education."
