57. Diagnosing & Treating Pelvic Pain with Dr. Allyson Shrikhande of Pelvic Rehabilitation Medicine

In this episode of The Women's Pelvic Health Podcast, I am joined by Dr. Allyson Shrikhande, a board certified Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation specialist. A leading expert on pelvic health and a respected researcher, author and lecturer, Dr. Shrikhande is a recognized authority on male and female pelvic pain diagnosis and treatment.

Dr. Shrikhande is passionate about this cause and dedicated to helping men and women with pelvic pain who often suffer without anyone willing to listen, understand or find the cause of their pain. She travels the world working with expert gynecologists, urologists, physiatrists and interventional pain physicians. Dr. Shrikhande has distilled this global expertise into a minimally invasive, cutting-edge approach to the treatment of pelvic pain and pelvic floor muscle dysfunction. With an extensive background in mainstream clinical medicine, she also makes use of many alternatives, holistic and homeopathic approaches.

Dr. Shrikhande explains what a physiatrist is, how she diagnosis and treats pelvic pain (I.e. bladder dysfunction, bowel dysfunction and sexual dysfunction), her thoughts on why it often takes so for patients to receive a proper diagnosis and why the healing process often takes a while, the importance of speaking up and being your own best advocate as a patient and so much more.

Thank you for listening and I wish all of you health, healing and happiness.