Health Organization for Pudendal Education

Belated update - treating this entity as a PFCN-related neuromuscular syndrome seems to be bearing some fruit. I don't think I'm entirely out of it yet, but I've definitely made some improvement, via targeted exercises and better and more careful choice of where and how I sleep. Right now the condit...

I've figured it out! The source of the pain. I'm almost certain it's the posterior femoral cutaneous nerve (PFCN), more specifically the perineal branch that wraps around the proximal thigh towards the groin. https://dermaltractionmethod.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Screen-Shot-2017-02-11-at-6.55...

To illustrate how variable the symptoms are, the aforementioned pain from my last post subsided the very next day, and was replaced with a different pain on my inner thigh, roughly in the area of the semitendinosus muscle slightly below the hamstring tendon. The day after that, this pain was about 5...

Hello everyone, I am back with some updates. The condition unfortunately is still there, although it has definitely changed in the meantime (has it ever stayed still?). I've been doing various stretches as recommended by the PT plus some that I came up with that seemed to pull on the affected area, ...

Some updates: - I've read Teach Us To Sit Still by Tim Parks . Very good read, describing a similar situation to mine (though definitely not the same, and more severe), and what an arduous journey it was to "fix" for the author, leading him as far as a buddhist seminar. I wouldn't say it d...

To be fair, it feels as if there were two primary components to my pains - one is located on the lower ridge of my buttock (could correspond to the quadratus femoris muscle and the IFI) and it's a more "deep" pain, usually not that painful and more like muscle soreness really. This seems t...

Hello, another month or two, another update. The pain still persists, though it did a lot of development front and back during that time. At first the groin pain disappeared completely and I got new pains in the sacral area and the ischiorectal fossa, this made it quite taxing for me to sit at work....

Thank you for your replies. I have some updates to make on my current status. While I'm not cured, I think I've finally found something tangible that I can grasp regarding this condition. I've managed to locate a pelvic floor therapist in my country, and together with my own experiences thus far, we...

Hello everyone, I'm a male radiologist in my early 30s, and while it seems a bit awkward to be reaching out on a forum like this, me being a doctor and all, it's one of those special problems where personal experiences seem to outweigh professional textbook advice. I couldn't find much useful advice...