Chronic Vulvar Pain

Chronic Vulvar Pain

As May comes to a close we finish up pelvic pain awareness month with vulvodynia. Vulvodynia is chronic pain in the vulvar region (see image below). Just under 10% of women have vulvodynia. It occurs equally across ethnicities and is very much under-diagnosed. A study carried out in Michigan with over 2500 women found that…

Pelvic Pain Awareness Month: Pudendal Neuralgia

Pelvic Pain Awareness Month: Pudendal Neuralgia

Anyone who has suffered from nerve compromise like sciatica or pudendal neuralgia knows how draining it can be on your life. Nerve pain is generally reported as sharp, shooting and/or burning pain along its distribution. Numbness is also commonly reported. The pudendal nerve can be compromised anywhere along its route from the sacrum to the…