Skip to main content Many self-care strategies can be done in the comfort of your own home to ease endometriosis-related pelvic pain. One such strategy is the use of heat to manage period (menstrual) pain.
The exact mechanism by which heat reduces pelvic pain in not well known, however it is thought to promote blood flow, ease contractions and reduce the amount of pain felt by the body. Heat therapy comes in many forms and involves both ‘dry heat’ and ‘moist heat’ modalities.
