In today’s world, where people exercise less than ever before in history, incontinence has become an epidemic. As our population enjoys older age and better health, parts of our bodies suffer from effects largely unknown in previous times.
Incontinence affects women of all ages, and in severe cases can disrupt and sometimes ruin our lifestyle. Pads and pills can add an unnecessary toll on household budgets.
There is a cure for incontinence. In Home & Dry, recent discoveries in the field of Pelvic Floor health are shown and come to the rescue. This easy-to-understand book is written for sufferers and for the first time, explains what causes incontinence, how to prevent it in the future, and what recent cures – usually non-medical and at no cost – are available for most sufferers.
This is a unique book. It is totally different from the many incontinence books on the bookshelves. It is based on a remarkable discovery in 1990, known as the Integral Theory. This Theory, for the first time in history, explained how the muscles and ligaments of the pelvis co-ordinate for the normal function of bladder and bowel and how when the ligaments are weak, the whole system is thrown out of balance to cause prolapse, incontinence emptying problems and chronic pain.
Dr. Skilling’s aim is to empower women by sharing this discovery. She uses easily understood diagrams to explain how their bladder and bowel work, how and why prolapse, chronic pain, bowel, and bladder symptoms occur and how to improve and cure these problems. Also for the first time, Dr. Skilling shares the special pelvic exercises she developed which have scientifically proven to improve bladder bowel and pain symptoms by up to 50% in the majority of premenopausal women. And what if the exercises don’t work? Again, Dr. Skilling through actual patient stories shows how most older women can be helped by new surgical methods which create new collagen to repair the damaged ligaments. Through these stories, women will be able to find how conditions similar to their own can be potentially cured either by doing her special exercises or if all else fails, by minimally invasive surgery which can be done either as a day or overnight stay procedure. Alternative treatments are explained, with pros and cons, why hysterectomy should be avoided. Explanations of causation, pregnancy, old age, are discussed. Nor are children and adult males neglected. Special sections in the book deal with these problems also.
Daftar Isi
PART ONE- An end to incontinence-forever
What are these problems in the pelvis?
The mesh/tape controversy
How to create new collagen to repair the damaged ligaments?
PART TWO- You’re incontinent…so are a billion other women…
Self-diagnosis symptoms usually occur in predictable groupings
SECTION TWO
How do ligaments and muscles become damaged
The good news
What about hysterectomies?
How do loose ligaments cause symptoms?
So do we have a problem?
How serious is your problem?
So how can these ligaments be restored to perform their task as they once used to do?
SECTION THREE
Main treatment options- The traditional and the new
A brief overview of current treatment options
SECTION FOUR (A)- Pelvic floor exercises to help you help yourself
A brief overview of these exercises
SECTION FOUR (B)- But what about children? Kids wetting and pooping
SECTION FIVE- And what if you’re pregnant with your first child…
CAESARIAN OR VAGINAL DELIVERY?
SECTION SIX- What are the surgical options? Are symptoms surgically curable?
Let’s examine the basics of the main surgical options
SECTION SEVEN- Stories from the Kvinno clinic
PART A: Front compartment stories
PART B: Middle compartment damage (cystocele)
PART C: Back ligament damage (prolapse of uterus, perineal body damage, rectocele)
Further notes on chronic pelvic pain
SECTION EIGHT- Childhood incontinence
Comments about the cause of bedwetting
SECTION NINE- Conditions caused by scarring in the vagina
SECTION TEN- Nutrition and general care for incontinence
SECTION ELEVEN- And it’s not only women…
In conclusion
Afterword
Appendix 1- Exercise results
Appendix 2- Technical details
Glossary
Tentang Penulis
Alan Gold has written over 30 books, both fiction and non-fiction. He became interested in the medical scandals concerning incontinence and chronic pelvic pain in 2014. Alan has spent the past 5 years intensively investigating every aspect of the incontinence story, the mesh controversies, why the most recent discoveries in the understanding of the pelvic floor aren’t taught in medical schools, as well as the pervasive influence of the $35 billion p.a. drug industry. He uncovered disturbing evidence that women are being told by experts in the field that cures for bladder, bowel and chronic pain problems is not available.
They ARE! As are cures for bed wetting. When Gold heard of the early results from the bed wetting studies, he, like medical specialist and co-author Dr. Patricia Skilling, had some difficulty in understanding how such a simple method as exercises could possibly have such a profound effect. His interest was more than academic and professional. It explained the sudden disappearances from family gatherings of his favorite aunt when he was a boy.
As it happened, one of his colleagues had a 10-year old son with a severe bed wetting problem. After discussions with Dr. Skilling, confirmed by Professor Petros, Alan suggested the child do 10 squats every morning and every night. It was, after all, minimally invasive, inexpensive, and easy enough to do. There was nothing to lose.
Remarkably, the child became dry within one week, and with regular exercises, has stayed dry since. This gave Alan a strong incentive to persuade Dr. Skilling that she should make her and Professor Petros’ discoveries known to the world at large. As an internationally published and translated novelist and opinion columnist, Alan has assisted Dr. Skilling with the structure, planning and content of this book.
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