Health Organization for Pudendal Education

Steve, thanks for the reply. I was just looking at your thread and I agree that it sounds very similar. I am happy that you have found improvement and I hope to join you in that! I am currently seeking treatment from a PT who is experienced with male pelvic floor dysfunction and we will see where th...

Very sorry to hear about that. Hopefully there is a positive to it and that, if stress was a factor in your condition (I think it is with mine), perhaps you're on your way to some improvement in that regard since you said that you feel less depressed now, do not have the stress he contributed, and s...

I wanted to post to describe something that, upon reflection, may have been the first origins of this problem for me, to see if anyone has any thoughts... Approximately 3.5 years ago, I had what I would describe as a sudden onset of symptoms which, looking back, mirrored the first symptoms for my cu...

Yes, while not promising anything, she seemed to think she can help me. Six months? Eek. Well, it would be worth it if it would provide relief, although I'm not sure what will happen in terms of insurance as I'm only allowed X number of PT sessions per year. I suppose my next course of action will b...

Get thee to a pelvic floor therapist! There are lists of such therapists on the home page and yes, they do treat men! You will not be "wasting your time" on this route as the PT will be able to tell you right away whether your pelvic floor muscles are tight. Tight pelvic floor muscles can...

Thanks for that. It seems like the butt area still makes a degree of contact with the base in that set up which may not help me all that much. Ideally I could try it before I bought one.

I will ask the doctor about Valium, too. It's at least worth investigating.

Thank you both for the links to the chairs. I look at those and can't figure out how they work, but I will definitely research it and probably buy one to test out at home to see if it would be practical for use in the office. The first thing that popped into my head is that you might get a lot of be...

GM, did you get up to at least 1800 mg of neurontin? It's typically not considered effective for pain at lower doses. What about an antidepressant such as cymbalta or amitriptyline? Sometimes one of these along with lyrica or neurontin are more effective than either by itself. No, I think the maxim...

Hi GM :) Have you had some physio then, to identify these pelvic floor and other tight muscle problems? That would seem like a good plan BUT I would always advise a PN aware physio to identify which muscles need attention. Because you have no traumatic event that seemed to cause your present proble...

Thank you for the replies. It certainly sounds like you have some nerve issues here....can you tell us when you first noticed this onset of irritation and pain...and if any particular activity may have caused it? It was approximately 15 months ago. I cannot determine what particular activity could h...