Chronic pelvic pain and dysfunction: practical physical medicine

Clearly written and fully illustrated throughout, Chronic Pelvic Pain and Dysfunction: Practical Physical Medicine offers practical, comprehensive coverageof the subject area accompanied by a range of video clips on a bonus DVD. Prepared by editors of international renown, the book provides clear anatomical descriptions of the structures relevant to the genesis of pelvic pain followed by the current perspectives on the neurological basis of pain, including the influence of psychophysiology. Chapters then address physiological mechanisms for pain generation; including musculoskeletal causes and the role of sport in the evolution of chronic pelvic pain and the influence of gender on pelvic pain syndromes including hormonal imbalance, pregnancy and labour. Having guided the practitioner through a clinical reasoning process to help establish the differential diagnosis of chronic pelvic pain, the volume addresses the range oftherapeutic options available. This includes medical management, the role of nutrition in the control of inflammatory processes, the use of breathing techniques in the relief of pain and anxiety as well as the involvement of biofeedback mechanisms in diagnosis and treatment. The use of soft-tissue manipulationapproaches, pelvic floor manual therapy release techniques and osteopathic approaches are also considered along with the use of dry needling, electrotherapy and hydrotherapy. Chronic Pelvic Pain and Dysfunction: Practical Physical Medicine offers practical, validated and clinically relevant information to all practitioners and therapists working in the field of chronic pelvic pain and will be ideal for physiotherapists, osteopathic physicians and osteopaths, medical pain specialists, urologists, urogynaecologists, chiropractors, manual therapists, acupuncturists, massage therapists and naturopaths worldwide. ÍNDICE: An Introduction to Chronic Pelvic Pain & Associated Symptoms The Anatomy of Pelvic Pain Chronic Pain Mechanisms Psychophysiology and Pelvic PainGender and Chronic Pelvic Pain Musculoskeletal Causes and the Contribution ofSport to the Evolution of Chronic Lumbo-Pelvic Pain The Role of Clinical Reasoning in the Differential Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Pelvic Pain Multispeciality and Multidisciplinary Practice - a UK Pain Medicine Perspective Multispeciality and Multidisciplinary Practice - a US Physical Medicine Perspective Chronic Pelvic Pain and Nutrition Breathing and Chronic Pelvic Pain: Connections and Rehabilitation Features Biofeedback in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Essential Pelvic Pain Disorders Soft Tissue Manipulation Approachesto Chronic Pelvic Pain (External) Connective Tissue and the Pudendal Nerve inChronic Pelvic Pain Evaluation and Pelvic Floor Management of Urologic Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndromes Practical Anatomy, Examination, Palpation and Manual Therapy Release Techniques for the Pelvic Floor Patients with Pelvic Girdle Pain - An Osteopathic Perspective Intramuscular Manual Therapy: Dry Needling Electrotherapy and Hydrotherapy in Chronic Pelvic Pain

• ISBN: 978-0-7020-3532-6
• Editorial: Churchill Livingstone
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 544
• Fecha Publicación: 04/01/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés