Female pelvic pain is a serious issue.
Female pelvic pain is acute if it is sudden and severe. It is chronic if it lasts months.
If you have pain with sex and intimacy, you have pelvic pain.
Further, if you have pain in your lower back, hips, or pelvis, you have pelvic pain.
If you have pain in your groin, tailbone, or genitals, you have pelvic pain.
Also, if you are pregnant with low back pain, you have pelvic pain.
If you are postpartum with low back pain, you have pelvic pain.
Female pelvic pain is common but not normal. You don’t have to live with pain in your pelvis.
Types of Female Pelvic Pain
Tight pelvic floor muscles lead to pain. Here are the medical terms and descriptions of the 12 different kinds of female pelvic pain:
- Pelvic pain including vulvar, vaginal, clitoral, perineal, or rectal pain
- Pain during or after sex (dyspareunia)
- Pain with sitting
- Pain with wearing a tampon
- Pudendal neuralgia is pain, numbness, or sexual dysfunction from pudendal nerve entrapment
- Discomfort or irritation when you’re wearing tight pants or underwear
- Sciatica or Sacroiliac joint pain can feel like low back pain or numbing pain down one leg
- Coccyx pain or coccydynia, is a pain in the tailbone area
- Vulvodynia is most often described as a burning pain in the vulva
- Pubic symphysis pain, which is a pain in the front of the pelvis that most often occurs during pregnancy
- Sometimes pelvic pain can be caused by other conditions such as endometriosis in women, interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome in men or women, or in rare cases lichens sclerosis
How Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy Can Help with Female Pelvic Pain
Too many women don’t get the help they need when they see their doctors about pelvic pain. The truth is that treating pelvic pain requires advanced training and know-how. Most doctors don’t have that training.
At Restore Hope PT, Dr. Hope has extensive training in and experience in treating female pelvic pain. In fact, she has been working on women’s health issues for over 15 years.
Successfully treating female pelvic pain starts with your doctors listening to you. Unlike other providers who get you in and get you out, Dr. Hope sets aside plenty of time to listen to you. What you say is the most important part of your healing.
Dr. Hope focuses on listening to your experiences with female pelvic pain. She wants to know about how your pain impacts your family, work, lifestyle, exercise, sleep, stress, bathroom use, sexual function, and whatever else is important to you.
What to Expect During Your First Appointment for Female Pelvic Pain
Your intake assessment will include a few different things. For example, Dr. Hope will listen to your experience with pelvic pain. And how it has changed during the time you’ve had it. She will likely look at your posture and movement. Dr. Hope will also assess your muscles, joints, fascia, and nerves that might be contributing to your pain.
From there, she will work with you to teach you about what’s going on. Dr. Hope will make sure you have the plan to address your pelvic pain too. The list of options is long and includes things like stretchers, strengthening exercises, and rest from some exercises.
Dr. Hope also takes a trauma-informed approach. This means that she will work with you for safety and comfort every step of the way during pelvic floor physical therapy for female pelvic pain.
Begin therapy for pelvic pain in Washington, DC
Live embodied. Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy for Female Pelvic Pain and Dr. Hope can help you deal with some of your most sensitive issues. Your goals matter. Your freedom matters.
Contact us for a free consultation to start the process. Restore Hope offers free consultations so that we can help you navigate this confusing healthcare process. We also want to build a relationship with you right from the start.
To schedule the consultation, you can call or text me at 202-990-7177 or send an email to DrHope@restorehopept.com.
Other pelvic floor physical therapy services at Restore Hope PT.
Dr. Hope works on a wide variety of pelvic health-related issues. She works with female sexual dysfunction, constipation, abdominal pain and chronic low back and pelvic pain