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As you navigate your pelvic floor dysfunction you may find it helpful to read more about it in depth. Knowledge is power.
Here are three books that can help you on your pelvic health journey.
These books are informative, funny and can be heavy.
To understand arousal, orgasms and everything in between read:
Come As You Are By Emily Nagoski Wow this book was fantastic! But it is dense. It does a great job of explaining the science behind arousal. Which is complicated! The book also talks to understanding your "turn ons" and your "turn offs". Perhaps you never spent time figuring out what you really like in the bedroom (or the living room, or the kitchen, or the car...?)
It encourages more of the turn ons, and less of the turn offs. Simple right? Not. It also has an accompanying work book that you can do with a partner. Its a great book to help your partner understand how your arousal level can be affected by your pelvic floor dysfunction.
For a good, informative laugh read:
Pelvic Pain, The Ultimate Cock Block By Susie Gronski, PT, DPT
Okay. This book is FUNNY. It's informative. But wow. Is it funny (like chuckle out loud funny). There are a lot of publications geared towards patients with vulvas and vaginas, but not as many geared to those with a penis. The book is exactly as it says, no nonsense.
If you want a book that will make you chuckle combined with the self help aspect of talking to your best friend who is a pelvic floor physical therapist, then this book is for you. It focuses on teaching you techniques you can immediately put into practice, and because the author is a pelvic floor physical therapist, you know you are getting great advice.
To dive in deep, read:
The Body Keeps the Score By Bessel Van Der Kolk, MD. This is a heavier book. A not right before bed book. But a really good one to have on your shelf. Physical therapists are in the business of treating people. Which means the whole person. We do not just treat a body part. We do not just treat the pelvic floor.
Trauma exists in our lives in many different forms. The author starts the book out with his research working with patients who suffer from PTSD after the Vietnam War. While that is not necessarily the same trauma you experienced. our body doesn't differentiate that. We talk often in pelvic floor physical therapy about how patients "clench" their pelvic floors, abdomens, gluts and adductors. "(insert blank) is where I hold my stress/tension" But really we may be holding onto trauma in our bodies. Especially because of the sensitive and deeply personal nature of the areas we are treating. This book helps you understand how trauma can manifest itself.
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