Let's just start by saying, you're not alone and its not all in your head. These are common words spoken by many women that are experiencing pelvic pain or sexual dysfunction. 

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Unfortunately many women have pelvic or sexual pains, but don't discuss it as openly as someone who's knee hurts them. This leads to thinking they're alone. In addition, many patients will see multiple providers, some who are not familiar with their condition. They'll go through a variety of medical tests to rule in/out various diseases. Sometimes the tests are negative, the provider has done their job ruling out disease, but the patient doesn't know what to do or where to go from there. And sometimes a test is positive, the patient completes appropriate medical treatment, but the pain symptoms remain or change into something else.  This is what leads patients to feel they must be imagining their symptoms. 

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It is always recommended you seek the care of a physician for your pelvic symptoms to get a good work up. But, if your symptoms don't resolve with the treatments provided by your physician alone, consider adding pelvic physical therapy to your toolbox. Pelvic pain is often treated through a multidisciplinary approach such as a physician, pain management, physical therapy and other integrative providers working as a team to do their part to help you heal. 

Some common diagnoses and symptoms that women with pelvic pains may feel are:

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• Vulvar, vaginal, clitoral or anal pains

• Pudendal neuralgia

• Pain during or following intercourse

• Abdominal or groin pains

• Difficulty wearing tight clothing

• Pain with sitting

• Levator ani syndrome

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