UCPPS - Prostatitis, Interstitial Cystitis Forum

Howdy, I hope it's alright that I post this here. I took part in a Male Pelvic Pain therapist's (my PT) blog, and wrote an entry for her based on questions she asked. I'm not trying to advertise for anyone here, just putting this out there to show that male pelvic pain seems to be gaining traction a...

Bottom line: If you've had tests for infections done, and they come up negative (no, this does not include candidas because that's not relevant here) then you don't have an infection. The ONLY infection that MIGHT ever be a hider is the spirochete of Lyme's Disease - and that is even debatable. Most...

"Alarm falsification." That's perfect. So that means false distress signals, and in essence, feeling pain because it is so strongly expected to be felt. Great stuff!

Worth watching more than once. Makes a lot of sense, especially with regard to any tissue injury being healed within 3 to 6 months, and retraining the brain.

So they're saying that having anxiety under control prior to pain treatment means more successful results for pain treatment?

Been thinking about this report and had some other thoughts, questions. I'm just wondering, does "altered resting state" mean flipping the switch track in that part of the brain? Or is it more like a derailment, where it can't be switched back? Are they saying that the resting state of the...

So we have solid evidence that connectivity in the brain is altered in those with CPPS. Explains a lot about the sympathetic NS involvement too. Is the right-hand part a comparison for in Cortex connectivity? Or is it related to pelvic motor connectivity? Now if we could just figure out how to exerc...