As you know the pelvic pain from IC can be so severe that it precludes having normal sexual activity In a survey done through the ICA organization 90% of IC patients report problems with intimacy And the majority of women(50-85%) have associated vulvodynia or pain specifically related to the vagina
The fear of bringing on the pain and a flare can lead to avoidance and resulting isolation
Some have reported breaking into a cold sweat due to anxiety just with foreplay And this can obviously put a severe strain on a marital relationship unless one is fortunate to have an understanding spouse who doesn’t want to inflict pain to his best friend
But for others it can lead to failed relationships or inability to find new ones As one IC patient told me, “I feel like I’m damaged goods” Others express a sense of loss of womanhood much as men are fearful of the same for themselves
As we know the matter science approach to the chronic IC problem is unfortunately not helpful since this model doesn’t deal with chronic disease well
But sexual intimacy need not be dead The energy science can successfully deal with pelvic pain and hence restore intimacy once again
We have discussed the energy and matter science approaches in doing their work The energy science approach is about balance of qualities; too much hot(responsible for the shearing pain) balanced by delivering the cold; too much subtle balanced by the gross quality(the energy field is subtle and the matter biological field gross); too much mobile(responsible for the urinary frequency and pain) balanced by the stable or static quality
In energy science parlance we can call these qualities primordial vibrational frequencies
So the symptoms of IC in the pelvis from an energy science view is related to an imbalance of qualities Now you can see how different these two healing disciplines are when we compare their ways of doing their science
There are many different tools available from the energy science of Ayurveda to balance the qualities that are imbalanced and localized in the pelvis Of course the foundation is changing one’s nutritional format and looking at poor food combinations that we have talked about in the recent past
But there are other energy science treatment options to explore for vaginal pain Herbal supplements can be used orally or topically In matter science circles the use of suppositories as a means of delivering pharmaceuticals is commonly done today Along those lines herbs can be delivered rectally in the form of a low volume enema called basti in the energy science terminology
I have managed patients who have reported remarkable results with medicated enema I have even had an IC patient report to me that she was having so much pressure that she tried an enema and much to her surprise experienced relief of pelvic symptoms at least for awhile
So if we see the mindbody with fresh eyes we will make available to ourselves new modes of treatment that can bring about astounding results
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