explains simply pelvic floor, pudendal nerve and dilator stuff!

http://www.sohoobgyn.com/vulvarpain.html

A good simple article

Finally got a chance to read the article...makes me kind of want to try the Pudendal Nerve Perineural Injections, and Pelvic Floor Muscle Injections. It's also really scary to think about, a needle down there? But hey, I'm used to excruciating pain down there anyway. I wonder if anywhere offers something like that around where I live? I will have to ask my physical therapist.

Hey Sara,

There is a woman on another forum who is having the nerve block injections and they are working! She's in Canada. She gives a really great description of the process some of them go in around the butt crack.. it's lidocaine and she applies that topically as well. I'll see if I can find the relevant posts as she's giving updates every few weeks. Her specialist sounds amazing.

There is also a physical therapist on that forum who gives advice. Which is great as well. We should get one of those

Im gonna try the pudendal nerve block next as the general one didnt work. Its given in the back though

Oh Mouse...deff copy and paste that womens posts into here..would be great to read!

I've been thinking about the pudendal nerve recently too, but a block doesn't last unless the tissue that's irritating it is released so pelvic floor, external hip rotators etc. The information I read about it said it goes in at the bottom of the buttocks, fairly close to the vulva itself and the doctor puts one hand inside the vagina (well a few fingers, not a whole hand!) to guide the needle. Are you sure you're not thinking genitofemoral or ilioinguinal nerve Sebby? I'm sure I've never seen anything about pudendal nerve blocks going into the back.

Hi Ladies,

Just here to let you now a little about my story. I was diagnosed six months ago by a pelvic pt. We have done many helpful stretches and she taught me exercises. I'm not sure what caused my pain, but it is only during sex. My pelvic floor physical therapist use dilators in the office to size me, so I could buy some for home. She told me to use the dilators with magnets because her patients were having more success with them.

I bought some VuVa brand dilators after she sized me in the office. They basically saved my sex life. If I use them right before intercourse because that it was she told me to do, I really don't feel any pain during sex.

It hurts when I put the dilator in first, then it stops after a couple minutes. Would like to share this treatment with you because it helped me so much.  

Have a good night everyone. Sandra