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| Foreword | |
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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Finding Your Healing Path | |
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| A New Approach to Bladder and Pelvic Pain | |
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| Seeing the Big Picture | |
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| New Ways of Thinking about IC and Chronic Pelvic Pain | |
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| Possible Pathways to IC and Chronic Pelvic Pain | |
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| What You Can Do Now | |
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| Understanding the Basics | |
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| Understanding the Urinary System | |
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| Urinary Dysfunction: What's Happening with My Body? | |
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| Chronic Pelvic Pain and Interstitial Cystitis | |
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| Urinary Tract Problems in Men | |
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| What You Can Do Now | |
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| Traditional Treatments | |
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| Medications for IC/PBS and CPP | |
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| Invasive Methods of Treatment | |
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| Physical Therapy | |
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| Treatment by a Chronic Pain Specialist | |
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| What You Can Do Now | |
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| Beginning the Journey | |
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| Learning to Manage Symptoms | |
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| Managing Stress | |
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| Benefits of Daily Exercise | |
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| Tips and Tools for Relief and Wellness | |
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| Fight Fatigue by Getting the Rest Your Body Needs | |
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| What You Can Do Now | |
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| What's Bugging Your Bladder? The Role of Food Sensitivity in IC | |
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| Food Allergies, Sensitivities, and Intolerances: An Overview | |
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| Gluten Intolerance and Celiac Disease | |
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| Non-Celiac Gluten Intolerance | |
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| Gluten Sensitivity and the Bladder: A Special Case | |
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| The Lectin Connection | |
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| Recovery on a Gluten-Free Diet | |
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| What You Can Do Now | |
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| The Anti-Inflammatory Diet | |
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| A Diet for Health | |
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| Anti-Inflammatory Foods to Include | |
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| Inflammatory Foods to Avoid | |
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| Getting Started | |
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| What You Can Do Now | |
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| Stress and Chronic Pelvic Pain: Understanding Cause and Effect | |
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| The Role of Stress | |
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| Recognizing Pelvic Floor Muscle Tension | |
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| Getting to Know Your Pelvic Muscles | |
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| Tender Points, Trigger Points, and the Role of Neurogenic Inflammation | |
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| Activities That Can Activate Trigger Points and Refer Pain to the Bladder | |
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| Pelvic Floor Dysfunction (PFD) | |
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| Addressing Pelvic-Related Symptoms | |
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| What You Can Do Now | |
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| Help with Hormones for Alleviating Discomfort | |
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| The Sex Hormones and Bladder Health | |
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| Pregnenolone Steal: One Reason Why Hormonal Imbalances May Exist | |
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| Vulvodynia and Other Sources of Chronic Pelvic Pain | |
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| Treatment Options | |
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| Focus on Comfort-The Sensible Solution | |
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| What You Can Do Now | |
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| Fighting Adrenal Fatigue | |
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| The Adrenal Glands | |
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| Stress and Inflammation | |
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| How Stress Leads to Adrenal Fatigue | |
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| Adrenal Fatigue and IC | |
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| Why Does Inflammation Persist? | |
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| The Cat Studies: A Model for IC and Adrenal Dysfunction | |
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| Stress and the Allergenic Response-Diet Does Matter | |
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| Menopause and the Adrenals | |
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| A Personal Look at Adrenal Fatigue | |
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| Beyond IC: Other Symptoms of Adrenal Fatigue | |
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| Diagnosing Adrenal Fatigue | |
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| Adrenal Recovery | |
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| What You Can Do Now | |
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| Further Along the Road to Recovery: Suggestions for Those Who Are Still Struggling | |
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| The Embattled Body: Dealing with Infectious Microorganisms | |
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| Occult Bacterial Infections | |
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| Bacterial Parasites and Occult Urological Infections | |
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| Bladder Symptoms in Lyme Disease | |
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| Candida Overgrowth | |
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| What You Can Do Now | |
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| Medical Conditions and Other Sources of Pelvic Pain or Bladder Symptoms | |
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| Diabetes Mellitus | |
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| Pelvic Endometriosis, Bladder Endometriosis, and Adenomyosis | |
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| Pelvic Adhesions | |
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| Pelvic Congestion | |
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| Ovarian Cysts | |
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| Ovarian Cancer | |
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| Bladder Cancer | |
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| Other Conditions | |
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| What You Can Do Now | |
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| Some Effective Complementary Therapeutic Techniques | |
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| Neurofascial Processing (NFP) | |
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| Integrative Manual Therapy (IMT) | |
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| Acupuncture | |
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| What You Can Do Now | |
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| Other Helpful Diets to Consider | |
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| Introduction to Alternative Diets | |
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| Cultivating a Healthy Intestinal System: A Key to Recovering Your Health | |
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| The Body Ecology Diet (BED) | |
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| The Low-Oxalate Diet | |
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| The Low-Histamine Diet | |
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| The Allergy Elimination Diet | |
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| What You Can Do Now | |
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| You Can Get Well | |
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| Keep a Healthy Outlook | |
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| Ask for the Kind of Help You Need | |
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| Appeal to a Higher Power | |
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| Experience Healing Day by Day | |
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| Measure Success by Your Own Standards | |
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| Final Words | |
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| Getting Started on a Gluten-Free Diet | |
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| Gentle Herbal Remedies for Healing the Bladder and the Adrenals | |
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| Homeopathic Remedies for the Bladder | |
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| Notes | |
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| Resources: Further Information and Support | |
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| Index | |