Message from Dr. E - November 2025
Looking for a life coach for your pelvic pain?
My passion for integrated care in women's health continues with the creation of this multidisciplinary regional approach to education and research associated with persistent pain in the pelvic region in all genders. For over two decades, I developed a specialized program for chronic pelvic and sexual pain. I learned that there had been enormous advances in the science of pain transmission and processing involving genetics, gender, trauma, cumulative life experiences, nervous system, and muscle "memory," and that acute pain and inflammation are essential to our survival. However, when enough "hurt" and trauma turn into chronic pain syndromes, many layers of the "onion" need to be peeled away. Doing that cannot be accomplished by any single approach or practitioner. We hope our Institute will contribute to "connecting the dots" for individuals and the community.
- Over the years, I have trained other practitioners to understand and pass on my knowledge and treatment modalities.
- In January 2025, I retired from office-based medical management of these many complex pelvic pain disorders. Still, I intend to continue educating sufferers and practitioners about the science of chronic pain in the pelvic region.
- During a consultation with me, you will learn so much more about how the body in general transitions into these complex pelvic regional pain disorders, be given many resources, and have an opportunity to help you navigate the current complex health care system. If you have been dismissed, not believed, or have been told that these symptoms "are in your head," our informative consultation will supply so much more information about self-care, how to approach your practitioners, and empower you to develop the proper team to carry out the appropriate clinical care you have been seeking.
- Our goal is to increase your understanding of your own body, decrease fear, and empower you to be able to calm your whole system. Chronic pain commonly causes withdrawal, isolation, depression, anxiety, feelings of danger, compulsive and protective behavior, and a growing feeling of helplessness and hopelessness. These mind/body connections are crucial for you to understand, and it's equally vital for you to seek out practitioners who can work together to "dial it down."
- Having a highly knowledgeable and experienced practitioner as your coach, giving you support and ongoing education, can be life-changing, and can add so much to your ability to obtain a legitimate toolbox to work with wherever you are located. There are millions of you scattered across all borders, making it incredibly challenging to discern what information to believe.
Our program for pelvic, genital, and sexual pain has seen patients (both women and men) from at least 40 different states and 20 countries outside the United States. About 2300 women and men have benefited from Dr. Echenberg's knowledge, diagnostic skills, and unique combinations of non-surgical therapeutic techniques for the past 23 years. There was no one else who dedicated the time to provide meaningful education and help "connect the dots" concerning their particular complex of symptoms. So many of them had multiple surgeries and multiple invasive diagnostic studies and had been seen by so many different specialists, and yet still had no clear answers as to why they had not been helped.
From 2001 through 2024, Dr. Echenberg's developed a clinically effective protocol for diagnosing and treating these disorders by using the most current neuroscience on chronic pain processing, a very personalized bio-psychosocial model approach, and his more than 50 years of medical experience working in the pelvic region all of which explained the "difference" experienced by patients in our program compared to any others elsewhere in the world.
Many new patients had already given up hope of finding significant relief from their symptoms. But they soon realized there is a way out of pain and suffering—through integrative care, compassion, and state-of-the-art knowledge of pain to help restore hope and purpose in their lives.
We continue to receive many requests from all over the US and the world. And we find it discouraging that there are still so many women and men with chronic and persistent abdominal/deep pelvic and genital pain (clitoral, vulvar, penile, vaginal, etc.), PGAD/RGS (the spectrum of genital hyper-arousal disorders), painful sexual intimacy, as well as pain issues related to the pelvic floor and core musculature, pelvic peripheral nerves, bladder, lower bowel, lower abdomen, low back, buttocks, tailbone, groin, and hip. We developed an effective model of care that has evolved in our program since 2001.
2025 into the future
Dr. E intends to continue his Telemedicine educational consultations on a HIPAA-compliant platform. All consultations will remain virtual. You can make these calls from home and be accompanied by any close support person." Although he can no longer serve as your clinical caregiver, Dr. E wishes to continue passing on his knowledge and experience to guide and coach individuals who continue to seek his help.