IC Disease

There is a new book available for chronic pelvic pain patients by Amy Stein titled Heal Pelvic Pain: The Proven Stretching, Strengthening, and Nutrition Program for Relieving Pain, Incontinence,& I.B.S, and Other Symptoms Without Surgery .

This book has been highly recommended by the Interstitial Cystitis Network because it covers many topics that have not typically been written about for IC patients and chronic pelvic pain patients.

Physical therapist, Amy Stein, covers many of the needed topics surrounding pelvic pain in her new book, including:

• Pelvic floor dysfunction
• Pain during intercourse and intimacy
• Bladder pain

The book also provides exercises that patients can do to help relieve their pain and symptoms and:

I try to read as many books as I can get my hands on about chronic illnesses and I wanted to share several book options on the illness for my readers.  I learned so much about all of my chronic illnesses through reading and when someone is newly diagnosed with an illness like IC they are super eager to learn whatever they can.  So here are some great books I recommend!  Let me know if you have read any of these and what you think!

Along the Healing Path: Recovering from Interstitial Cystitis by Catherine M. Simone

The Interstitial Cystitis Survival Guide: Your Guide to the Latest Treatment Options and Coping Strategies by Robert M. Moldwin

A Taste of the Good Life: A Cookbook for an Interstitial Cystitis Diet by Beverly Laumann

Solving the Interstitial Cystitis Puzzle: A Guide to Natural Healing by Amrit Willis

To Wake in Tears: Understanding Interstitial Cystitis by Catherine M. Simone

Recipe Book for IC: Interstitial Cystitis by E. Murphy

Awakening Through the Tears: Interstitial Cystitis and the Mind/Body/Spirit Connection by Catherine M. Simone

Healing: A Life with Chronic Illness by Marguerite Bouvard

Cystitis: A Time to Heal with Yoga & Accupressure, An Eight Week Exercise Program with Special Information on Interstitial Cystitis & Urethral Syndrome by Emmey A. Ripoll & Dawn R. Mahowald

The Patient’s Encyclopaedia of Urinary Tract Infection, Sexual Cystitis and Interstitial Cystitis by Angela Kilmartin (Author), Geoffrey Chamberlain (Foreword)

Please Understand: The Interstitial Cystitis Guide For Partners by Gaye Grissom Sandler (Author), Molly Hanna Glidden (Author), Andrew B. Sandler (Author), Ph.D. (Author), William Glidden (Author), Daisy Dodge (Editor), Patty Ryan (Illustrator)

The Official Patient’s Sourcebook on Interstitial Cystitis by James N. Parker (Editor), Philip M. Parker (Editor)

The Patient’s Encyclopaedia of Urinary Tract Infection, Sexual Cystitis and Interstitial Cystitis by Angela Kilmartin