The National Center for Pelvic Pain Research (NCPPR) is devoted to researching and treating pelvic pain syndromes using the Wise-Anderson Protocol. The protocol was developed at Stanford University by Dr. David Wise and Dr. Rodney Anderson for conditions like prostatitis, pelvic floor dysfunction, and interstitial cystitis. NCPPR offers intensive 6-day clinics applying this approach and conducts research published in urology journals.

1. Pelvic Pain Home Treatment Program
ABOUT THE NATIONAL C
RESEARCH (NCPPR)
The National Center for Pelvic Pain Research (NCPPR) is a center devoted
to research and treatment of pelvic pain syndromes in men and women
using the Wise-Anderson Protocol
Pelvic pain syndromes treated at NCPPR include prostatitis, pelvic floor
dysfunction, levator ani syndrome, chronic pelvic pain syndrome, interstitial
cystitis, coccygodynia, chronic proctalgia, among other diagnoses.
The Wise-Anderson Protocol
many years), was developed in the Stanford University Department of
Urology by David Wise, PhD and Rodney Anderson MD. Drs. Wise and
Anderson have published a book about this protocol called
the Pelvis, now in its 6th edition.
Pelvic Pain Home Treatment Program
ABOUT THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR PELVIC PAI
RESEARCH (NCPPR)
The National Center for Pelvic Pain Research (NCPPR) is a center devoted
to research and treatment of pelvic pain syndromes in men and women
Anderson Protocol.
Pelvic pain syndromes treated at NCPPR include prostatitis, pelvic floor
dysfunction, levator ani syndrome, chronic pelvic pain syndrome, interstitial
cystitis, coccygodynia, chronic proctalgia, among other diagnoses.
son Protocol (popularly called the Stanford Protocol for
many years), was developed in the Stanford University Department of
Urology by David Wise, PhD and Rodney Anderson MD. Drs. Wise and
Anderson have published a book about this protocol called A Headac
, now in its 6th edition.
Pelvic Pain Home Treatment Program
ENTER FOR PELVIC PAIN
The National Center for Pelvic Pain Research (NCPPR) is a center devoted
to research and treatment of pelvic pain syndromes in men and women
Pelvic pain syndromes treated at NCPPR include prostatitis, pelvic floor
dysfunction, levator ani syndrome, chronic pelvic pain syndrome, interstitial
cystitis, coccygodynia, chronic proctalgia, among other diagnoses.
(popularly called the Stanford Protocol for
many years), was developed in the Stanford University Department of
Urology by David Wise, PhD and Rodney Anderson MD. Drs. Wise and
A Headache in

2. Results of this treatment has been published in articles in the
Urology and have presented this work at major Urology meetings and at
the National Institutes of Health, available in abstract form on this
research page.
NCPPR offers 6 day intensive clinics for men and women with muscle
related pelvic pain on a monthly basis.
PELVIC PAIN PODCAST
Listen to Dr. Wise’s podcasts discussing the resolution of pelvic pain
syndromes from his 27 years of exp
Wise is the director of the National Center for Pelvic Pain Research that
offers a 6 day immersion clinic to eligible men and women. He is the co
author with Stanford urologist Dr. Rodney Anderson, of A Headache in th
Pelvis.
Results of this treatment has been published in articles in the Journal of
and have presented this work at major Urology meetings and at
the National Institutes of Health, available in abstract form on this
NCPPR offers 6 day intensive clinics for men and women with muscle
related pelvic pain on a monthly basis.
PELVIC PAIN PODCAST
Listen to Dr. Wise’s podcasts discussing the resolution of pelvic pain
syndromes from his 27 years of experience in treating the condition. Dr.
Wise is the director of the National Center for Pelvic Pain Research that
offers a 6 day immersion clinic to eligible men and women. He is the co
author with Stanford urologist Dr. Rodney Anderson, of A Headache in th
Journal of
and have presented this work at major Urology meetings and at
the National Institutes of Health, available in abstract form on this site’s
NCPPR offers 6 day intensive clinics for men and women with muscle
Listen to Dr. Wise’s podcasts discussing the resolution of pelvic pain
erience in treating the condition. Dr.
Wise is the director of the National Center for Pelvic Pain Research that
offers a 6 day immersion clinic to eligible men and women. He is the co-
author with Stanford urologist Dr. Rodney Anderson, of A Headache in the

3. DAVID WISE, PHD
Dr. Wise spent 8 years in the Department of Urology at Stanford University Medical Center as a
Visiting Research Scholar working with Dr. Rodney Anderson in the development of a new
treatment for prostatitis and chronic pelvic pain syndromes. He suffered from chronic
prostatitis/CPPS for over 20 years until he recovered from it. Dr. Wise is a licensed psychologist
in California and his research interests are in behavioral medicine and autonomic self-
regulation. He is a musician, painter and carpenter.
RODNEY U. ANDERSON, MD, FACS
Dr. Anderson is Professor of Urology (Emeritus-active) at Stanford University School of
Medicine. His sub-specialty clinical expertise is NeuroUrology and Female Urology. His focus
has been on chronic pelvic pain syndromes, pelvic floor dysfunction, interstitial cystitis, benign
prostatic hyperplasia, urinary incontinence, urinary retention, spinal cord injuries, spina bifida,
multiple sclerosis, Parkinsonism and stroke. He has also directed a clinic devoted to the
problem of Female Sexual Dysfunction. He continues to be actively engaged in clinical research
at Stanford on the Wise-Anderson Protocol and other research. He is a classical pianist and
enjoys painting and golf.