Beating Endo: How to Reclaim Your Life From Endometriosis by Iris Orbuch, MD and Amy Stein, DPT is different from other books on endometriosis that I've read becuase they take a different approach with their patients. Orbuch is a gynecological surgeon and Stein is a doctor of physical therapy. Together they work to treat the whole body from endometriosis, not just cut it out and move on. They believe a mixture of surgery, medication, and pelvic floor physical therapy is the key for women with endo having the best quality of life possible. Beating Endo is the first book I've read that has explained why I have so many other issues because of my endometriosis. Before reading this book, I didn't realize the other pain I was feeling was related to my endometriosis. For example, after reading this book, I think I may have interstitial cystitis and irritable bowel syndrome, so I will definitely be bringing that up to my doctor.
The fourteen chapters of Beating Endo go through how to heal the whole body in order to help your endometriosis pain. These chapters include:
- What is Endo? The Disease Process of Endometriosis
- The Goal: Regaining Quality of Life
- Endo and the Body's Care: Why Physical Therapy Plays an Essential Role
- Endo and the Bladder
- Endo and the GI Tract
- Endo and Sex
- Pain, Disease, and the Central Nervous System: A Multimodel Strategy for a Multidimensional Disease
- Endo and Nutrition
- Endo and Your Environment
- Endo and Your State of Mind
- Excision Surgery
- A Special Case: Endo and Teens (but This Chapteer Is Not Just for Teens!)
- Endo and Infertility
- Reclaim Your Life
I have never learned so much about my own body from just one book, so I 10000% recommend this book to anyone with endometriosis or to those who have a loved one suffering from the disease (my mom is reading the book right now and is learning so much)! Because of the knowledge I have gained from this book, I have decided to go back to pelvic floor physical therapy because I believe this is essential to my healing going forward in my life. I strongly recommend reading this if you have endometriosis because you will learn so much about your own body and the disease you suffer from. You can buy Beating Endo using the link below and let me know what you think!
Link: https://www.amazon.com/Beating-Endo-Holistic-Treatment-Endometriosis/dp/0062861832/ref=pd_lpo_14_t_0/133-6770605-4264700?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0062861832&pd_rd_r=450d6b68-7a30-4be8-8af9-c058f6ae5483&pd_rd_w=iW9Pg&pd_rd_wg=3qbVg&pf_rd_p=7b36d496-f366-4631-94d3-61b87b52511b&pf_rd_r=3R4BFD6S76XBWJZT4JC3&psc=1&refRID=3R4BFD6S76XBWJZT4JC3
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