Pelvic Floor Pain

Pelvic floor dysfunction is the inability to control the muscles of your pelvic floor.

Pelvic floor pain. Although pelvic pain often refers to pain in the region of women s internal reproductive organs pelvic pain can be present in men too and can stem from multiple causes. That means it s more localized to your pelvic area it doesn t shoot down your legs. Your pelvic floor is the group of muscles and ligaments in your pelvic region the pelvic floor acts like a. It s also not like sciatica in that the pain isn t caused by pressure on your sciatic nerve.

Like other muscles the pelvic floor muscles can spasm causing pain and discomfort. If you re a woman you may also feel pain during sex and if you re a man you may have problems having or keeping an erection erectile dysfunction or ed. Pelvic pain presents itself in a number of ways such as pubic bone pain or pain in the vagina or rectum but it can also masquerade as low back pain hip pain glute pain or groin. Continued pelvic support problems.

Pelvic pain may be a. Pelvic pain can also be a symptom of trauma chronic stress and mental health issues. Pelvic pain differs from symphysis pubis dysfunction spd in that the discomfort is more generalized and isn t necessarily caused by the loosening of ligaments. Recently doctors have recognized that some pelvic pain particularly chronic pelvic pain can also arise from muscles and connective tissue ligaments in the structures of the pelvic floor.

As a pelvic floor physical therapist i often see athletes who struggle with pelvic pain. Although pelvic floor pain is a common complaint among women with gynecologic conditions it can also be a problem for men who are struggling with digestive neurological skeletal prostate health or inflammatory issues. Chronic pelvic inflammatory disease. Sometimes women have pelvic pain when the muscles and ligaments that hold organs in place weaken.

Chronic pelvic pain can result from more than one condition. Pelvic pain can arise from your digestive reproductive or urinary system. Conditions affecting your bones joints and connective tissues musculoskeletal system such as fibromyalgia pelvic floor muscle tension inflammation of the pubic joint pubic symphysis or hernia can lead to recurring pelvic pain. Pelvic floor dysfunction is a common condition where you re unable to correctly relax and coordinate the muscles in your pelvic floor to urinate or to have a bowel movement.