Do you have a surgery coming up? Or maybe you've just had surgery?
Maybe you've had surgery a while ago but you're still experiencing pain...
If you answered yes to any of these questions then we want you to keep reading.
At laparoscopy about half of women with pelvic pain have endometriosis... but also about half do not.
Also up to 45% of women who don't have any problems with pelvic pain will have endometriosis found if they have a surgery - some even stage 4 - and they have no pain from this.
Sadly many women find that surgery to excise endometriosis, even when performed by great surgeons, does not resolve their pain.
Sometimes it can even make things worse.
Why might this be?
Studies have found that many people with chronic pelvic pain (with and without endometriosis) have been shown to have changes in their nervous system.
For example, areas of the brain involved in pain perception are reduced in size. You can see this on functional MRI scans in this picture.
These changes may explain why pain is greater than might be expected or why pain continues after surgery.
Surgery can be very helpful at removing lesions (which for some helps with pain)... but surgery won't address these brain and nervous system changes.
Many of the people in our beta cohort have either just had surgery or are trying to avoid another surgery.
Sooo... can you change you brain?
YES! You can.
This is why we built the Ella App. To help address these brain and nervous system changes that can contribute to ongoing pain.
Some of the ways we do this:
✨ CBT techniques
✨ Teaching you how pain works and what's actually happening in your body
✨ Stretches and gentle exercises
✨ Guided breathwork
✨ Meditations, mindfulness and visualisation techniques
So whether you've been diagnosed with endometriosis or not, there are plenty of things that you can do yourself to make changes within your nervous system and reduce the pain that you experience.
If you want to join one of our upcoming beta cohorts you can join our waitlist here!! 💕
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