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Groin injuries are very common amongst athletes, especially in sports that involve rapid movements: cutting and twisting such as football, soccer, hockey or rugby. The chief complaint is pain in the inguinal area during athletic activities and afterwards. The term sportsman hernia or pubalgia refers to pain in the inguinal area during athletic activities and…
According to the National Institutes of Health, chronic pelvic pain and chronic prostatitis may account for 2% to 16% of urological issues worldwide. It’s the most common urologic disease in men younger than 50 years old. What is Hard Flaccid Syndrome? Hard flaccid syndrome is a type of chronic pelvic pain syndrome which may occur…
Persistent pelvic pain can be an overwhelming experience. Pain, whatever the severity, can consume our thoughts and steal much of our cognitive energy, leaving us feeling exhausted and stressed. Pain can elicit not just physical responses, but mental and emotional responses- one of the most common being fear of movement. Often, we become fearful of…
Rectocele is a type of prolapse that involves a bulging of the rectum into the posterior wall of the vagina. Patients with rectocele may present with a variety of symptoms. The often report defecatory problems, such as obstructed or incomplete defecation, needing to splint to evacuate the rectum or fecal incontinence. Many also report pain…
The condition collectively named Bladder Pain Syndrome / Interstitial Cystitis (PBS/IC) is defined by the Americal Urology Association (AUA) as: “An unpleasant sensation (pain, pressure, discomfort) perceived to be related to the urinary bladder, associated with lower urinary tract symptoms of more than six weeks duration, in the absence of infection or other identifiable causes”….