Health Organization for Pudendal Education

Hello guys, I guess it's time for a quick update. I had piriformis release surgery on the 30th of April with doctor Renaud Bollens. I can cautiously say that almost five months later I'm about 80 to 90% better. I have no functional symptoms and my overall symptoms improved by 80 to 90% , I still get...

Groin and pseudo sciatic pain, occasional burning perineum and dull pain and feeling of sitting on something hard near the sitbone, occasional anal discomfort. Intermittent and overall mild symptoms with some flare ups after two years but still decided to go ahead with this surgery, the surgeon said...

Quick update, It's been a week now since my piriformis surgery with doctor Bollens. Recovery has been less than smooth so far with serious flare ups in nerve pain and so far my activities are very limited . Laying in bed most of the day with short walks in the house and short sitting sessions for me...

Hi Barre, It is a very difficult decision. I wish you the best with whatever decision you make. Violet After another visit to doctor Bollens I finally decided to go ahead with the surgery, everything is already planned for the 30th of April. Based on my somewhat atypical symptoms he will try and cu...

Thank you, I have been to Bollens twice and he offered surgery twice but each time I canceled or said no. But I guess that the best long term solution is laparoscopic surgery, seems I have little choice left if I ever want to have some decent quality of life. PT etc seems to work but temporary at be...

Is it normal with PN that when seated it's mostly just discomfort and/or some minor pain but once I get up after thirty seconds or a minute I get intense burning pain and great discomfort in perineum/sitbone/groin? Why not while actually seated? And is it normal to just have pelvic pain and cramped ...

Tell me about it, my family seems to think it's all some sort of joke and I'm exaggerating, my mother literally said, what's the big deal everyone has pain, I have pain in my arm, she's 72 and I'm 48 and I can barely do my hobbies anymore , go figure. My girlfriend also literally told me she is tire...

The basic stuff, they tried dry needling, stretches and core strengthening exercises (I don't do this as I should've I admit because it's painful), but without or very temporary results. My PT now referred me to a pain coach because she suspects some sensitization and a psychological factor after on...

Piriformis involvement has already been confirmed by several PT's. One PT was quite baffled that it keeps going in cramp after pretty mundane activity. The thing that bothers me is kind of the chicken and egg , is it the piriformis causing some pudendal symptoms or the other way around? No one seems...

I already went to a neurologist a year ago after they took the scans and he did an EMG test of the sciatic nerve and back and results where fine, so he concluded it was not from my back. Bollens said pseudo sciatica is pretty common with PN though because the piriformis muscle gets tight and compres...