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Pelvic health resources
Trusted organizations, books, videos and research on pelvic health, gathered in one place for women and men across Canada.
Resources for women
See women's resourcesOrganizations, books, videos and research on women's pelvic health.
Resources for men
See men's resourcesOrganizations, books, videos and research on men's pelvic health.
Resources for women
Hand-picked links to help you learn more. These open on other websites and are for information only, not medical advice.
Organizations and websites
- Our guide: Pelvic Education hub
- Find a pelvic health clinic near you
- Canadian Physiotherapy Association: Pelvic & Reproductive Health division
- Your Pelvic Floor: patient leaflets from the International Urogynecological Association
- Sex and U
- Women's Health Care Collective
- International Pelvic Pain Society
- International Organization of Physical Therapists in Women's Health
- International Children's Continence Society (ICCS)
- National Vulvodynia Association (NVA)
- The Canadian Continence Foundation
- The Endometriosis Network Canada
- The Vulval Pain Society
- Canadian Pain Society
- Sask Pain Society
- Pain Society of Alberta
- International Continence Society
Books
- Intimate Rose® Restoring the Pelvic Floor for Women
- Pelvic Pain Explained, by Stephanie Prendergast and Elizabeth Rummer
- A Headache in the Pelvis, by David Wise and Rodney Anderson
- Pelvic Pain: The Ultimate Cock Block: A no bullsh*t guide to help you navigate through pelvic pain
- Heal Pelvic Pain: The Proven Stretching, Strengthening, and Nutrition Program for Relieving Pain, Incontinence,& I.B.S, and Other Symptoms Without Surgery
- The Vulvodynia Survival Guide: How to Overcome Painful Vaginal Symptoms and Enjoy an Active Lifestyle
- Pelvic Pain & Low Back Pain: A Handbook for Self Care & Treatment
- The Postnatal Depletion Cure: A Complete Guide to Rebuilding Your Health and Reclaiming Your Energy for Mothers of Newborns, Toddlers, and Young Children
- WomanCode: Perfect Your Cycle, Amplify Your Fertility, Supercharge Your Sex Drive, and Become a Power Source
- The Interstitial Cystitis Solution: A Holistic Plan for Healing Painful Symptoms, Resolving Bladder and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction, and Taking Back Your Life
- A Woman's Guide to Pelvic Health: Expert Advice for Women of All Ages (A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book)
- Floored: A Woman's Guide to Pelvic Floor Health at Every Age and Stage―A Comprehensive Guide for Women of All Ages
- Your Pelvic Floor: A Practical Guide to Solving Your Most Intimate Problems
- Pelvic Organ Prolapse: The Silent Epidemic
Videos and channels
Articles: incontinence
- Our guide: Stress incontinence
- Our guide: Urge incontinence
- Our guide: Mixed urinary incontinence
- Our guide: Overflow incontinence
- Stress urinary incontinence
- Urinary Incontinence
- Urinary incontinence in women
- Management of urinary incontinence
- Bladder training for urinary incontinence in adults
- Prevention of urinary and fecal incontinence in adults
- Why do women have stress urinary incontinence?
- The Current State of Continence in Canada
Articles: pelvic pain
- Our guide: Understanding pelvic pain
- Our guide: Endometriosis
- Chronic Pelvic Pain in Women: A Review
- Recent advances in understanding and managing chronic pelvic pain in women with special consideration to endometriosis
- Chronic pelvic pain in women: etiology, pathogenesis and diagnostic approach
- Management of chronic pelvic pain
- What makes a chronic pelvic pain patient satisfied?
- New Insights about CPPS
Articles: menopause
- Our guide: Vaginal atrophy
- Menopause: Hormones, Lifestyle, and Optimizing Aging
- Management of Menopausal Symptoms
- Depression and Menopause: Current Knowledge and Clinical Recommendations for a Critical Window
- Management of Menopause Symptoms with Acupuncture: An Umbrella Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
- What are the 34 symptoms of menopause?
Articles: pain with sex (dyspareunia)
Articles: pelvic radiotherapy
- How to manage vaginal stenosis (University Health Network, Toronto)
- Pelvic radiotherapy and sexual function in women
- Vaginal dilator therapy for women receiving pelvic radiotherapy
- Vaginal dilation associated with pelvic radiotherapy: a UK survey of current practice
- Qualitative Accounts of Patients’ Determinants of Vaginal Dilator Use after Pelvic Radiotherapy
- Prospective study of vaginal dilator use adherence and efficacy following radiotherapy
- Systematic Review of Comparisons Between Plastic and Silicone Dilators: Revealing a Knowledge Gap
Articles: vulvodynia and vestibulodynia
Resources for men
Hand-picked links to help you learn more. These open on other websites and are for information only, not medical advice.
Organizations and websites
- Our guide: Pelvic Education hub
- Find a pelvic health clinic near you
- Canadian Physiotherapy Association: Pelvic & Reproductive Health division
- Canadian Cancer Society: prostate cancer
- Canadian Men's Health Foundation
- Canadian Urological Association: patient information and brochures
- American Urological Association
- Urology Care Foundation
- Mayo Clinic: men's health
- Men's Health Network
Books
- Pelvic Pain: The Ultimate Cock Block, a no-bullsh*t guide for men navigating pelvic pain (updated edition)
- Ending Male Pelvic Pain, A Man's Manual: The Ultimate Self-Help Guide for Men Suffering with Prostatitis, Recovering from Prostatectomy, or Living with Pelvic or Sexual Pain
- Pelvic Power: Mind/Body Exercises for Strength, Flexibility, Posture, and Balance for Men and Women
Videos and channels
Erectile dysfunction
Peyronie's disease
Articles: chronic pelvic pain
Articles: incontinence
- Our guide: Male incontinence
- Our guide: Kegels for men
- Male Urinary Incontinence: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Preventive Interventions
- Adult male stress and urge urinary incontinence: a review of pathophysiology and treatment strategies for voiding dysfunction in men
- Management of urinary incontinence in men
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