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Until recently the treatments for Vulvodynia have been limited to the avoidance of vulvar irritants, diet, use of oral and topical medicines, vulvar injections, and surgery. The work of Howard I.Glazer Ph.D. has led to the development of the first non-surgical, non-drug treatment with scientifically demonstrated clinical effectiveness in the treatment of vulvodynia.
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Howard I. Glazer Ph.D.,
a Clinical Associate Professor at Cornell University Medical College/New York
Presbyterian Hospital, discovered that the
muscles of the pelvic floor in vulvodynia patients were abnormal. This
abnormality can be measured by highly sophisticated muscle measurement
technology known as surface electromyography; a
noninvasive procedure much like an electrocardiogram to measure your heart
muscle. Once the patients’ exact
abnormality is documented, it can
be corrected by an
individualized program of electromyographic
assisted muscle rehabilitation (biofeedback) to assure that
the correct changes occur in the muscle.
Correcting the muscle abnormalities through electromyographic assisted aerobic exercise of the pelvic floor musculature increases blood flow and restores vulvar tissue integrity leading to pain relief. Overall, women undergoing this treatment report an average reduction in pain of 80%. In addition, research reports that 50% of patients become completely pain free by the end of the treatment.
Click here to view Dr. Glazer's peer reviewed medical journal
publications.
A recent Continuing Medical Education CD-ROM by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, entitled "Classical Approaches to Vulvar Disease" specifically recognizes the Glazer Protocol as an effective treatment for vulvodynia. According to Libby Edwards M.D., Secretary General of the International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Diseases "We have come to rely on the Glazer Protocol as an integral part of treatment for our vulvodynia patients."
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