Health Organization for Pudendal Education

I damaged my perineum bike riding. Had a deep bruising ache for 2 weeks. About 4 weeks later I had PN. I don't know if I am impinged due to the scar tissue (likely in my opinion) or if I am impinged in the ST and SS ligaments region. MRI shows nothing unusual. Dr. Antolak believed I was impinged in ...

I did a lot of leaf raking and hauling this weekend with no problems in pudendal area at all. Then, the first snowstorm hits and lifting that snow triggers pain again. Go figure. It is the exertion, the lifting, the position for lifting, or all three? The great unknowns of this condition are what re...

Violet, thanks for your encouraging words. This setback is quite perplexing. I cannot recall a specific event, movement, activity, etc. that could have caused the setback. I felt like I was going to recover completely, as I had come back to doing virtually all the activities and exercises I had done...

To answer the posted question, yes, I tolerated the steroid injections well. Never had any side effects, and I had at least 8 or more of them. Have not had a steroid injection since last July I 'm greatly disappointed in the relapse; Crestfallen actually. BUT, I got better before and with time and p...

Made an appointment for a pudendal steroid injection here in St. Paul, MN. I have also contacted Dr. Andrews for a possible return for Shockwave. My reoccurance is on the right side only. I had it originally bilaterally (according to Dr. Antolak). So while the pain is not as intense, it is still sig...

Update: after a year of steady improvement, I am saddened to report that my right pudendal nerve has flared. I was out running, actually doing sprints, and perhaps the pounding is what set it off, but several days later, I was climbing a 5th flight of stairs and I got a "zing" in my perine...

From personal experience, I know that male orgasms can cause pain in the pudendal nerve. Sometimes intense pain. Question: did you ever feel pain when you climaxed? If so, and you ignored it, you may have traumatized the pudendal nerve when the pelvic floor contracted so forcibly. When I had pudenda...

MN Mom, Where are you seeing Dr. Antolak? I was being treated by him at MAPS Pain Clinic in Edina. He retired there earlier this year. Is he practicing there (or somewhere else) now? He was quite interested in Shockwave, but admittedly knew little about it in the treatment of Pudendal Neuralgia. My ...

Thanks for the comments about biking again. The only reason I am considering it is because I miss it so much. I did get my initial injury riding an exercise bike that severely bruised my perineum and PN. That exercise bike had a seat that did not have a pudendal recess, so the perineum took all the ...

September Update Healing of Pudendal nerve continues. I consider myself greater than 95% healed. I can do all my daily activities now with no pain. I do not need cushions to sit any more. I feel terrific once again. The depression I had from the limitations and pain of PN is fading. There are only t...