Chronic Pelvic Pain

Chronic Pelvic Pain represents non-cyclic pain perceived to be in the pelvic area that has persisted for three to six months or longer and is unrelated to pregnancy. There can be multiple different causes for this type of pain. If the pain seems to emanate from another medical condition, targeting that issue as a priority may help ease or eliminate the pain. Although women more commonly experience chronic pelvic pain in their lifetime, men can also experience chronic pelvic pain from conditions such as advanced prostatitis.
If your pain is severe enough to disrupt your daily life or if you notice the symptoms are getting worse, make an appointment with us. The effects of the pain can range from annoyance to severe enough to make you miss work, disrupt your sleep, inhibit your daily activities.
Signs and symptoms
It can be helpful for the provider to treat you if you can describe your pain in one of the following ways:
- Continuous and severe pain
- Cramping pain or sharp stabbing pain
- Dull aching sensation
- Intermittent pain which comes and goes
- Pressure felt within the pelvis or heaviness
- Pain going to the bathroom (urinating or during bowel movement)
- Pain after you sit for prolonged periods of time
- Pain during intercourse
Treatments
Medications, biofeedback. Pudendal nerve block, superior hypogastric plexus block, ilioinguinal nerve block. SCS implant if pain does not lessen.
Conditions
- Arthritis
- Cancer Pain
- Cervical Radiculopathy
- Compression Fractures of the Spine
- Herniated Discs
- Lumbar Radiculopathy (Sciatica)
- Post Laminectomy Syndrome
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Whiplash CAD
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
- Fibromyalgia
- Neck Pain
- Chronic Abdominal Pain
- Chronic Pelvic Pain
- Neuropathy
- Diabetic Neuropathy
- Migraine Headaches
Treatments
- Kyphoplasty
- Lidocaine Infusion
- Lumbar Epidural Spinal Injection (LESI)
- Lumbar Radiofrequency Neurotomy
- Medial Branch Block (MBB)
- Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression (MILD)
- Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
- Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA)
- Regenerative Medicine
- SI Joint Injections
- Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS)
- Stellate Ganglion Block
- Sympathetic Nerve Block
- Transforaminal Epidural Spinal Injection (TFESI)
- Trigger Point Injections
- Vertebroplasty
- Capsaicin (8%) Patch
- Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection
- Disc Nucleoplasty
- Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulator (DRG)
- Endoscopic Discectomy
- Facet Joint Syndrome
- Intrathecal Pain Pumps
- Ketamine Infusion
- Hip Joint Injections
- Platelet Rich Plasma
- Knee Joint Injections
- Botox Injections
- Lumbar Sympathetic Ganglion Block
- Intercostal Nerve Block
- Minuteman Procedure
- Vertiflex Procedure