Upright MRI's?
Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2014 1:36 am
Hello everyone. For most of us, our pain is triggered by sitting, or at least in my case, sitting is like an ON/OFF switch....
In my personal view, based on conclusions of what I've read, and heard, the TG surgeries are not foolproof. Also in my experience, conservative management has not really helped. Using a dedicated cushion with the proper hole for the perineum helps making sitting more tolerable, but I still experience pain after a while so such solution, for me, is not taking harm away.
As an engineer, I can't avoid to phantom about what is happening inside our bodies. And I still think, at least in my case, that the nature is very mechanical. I sit and the pain starts to kick in, I stand or lie down, and the pain goes away. Weight is obviously involved, but it is in both standing and sitting, there must be something else at play when we are sitting that is making the harm. Maybe hip flexion or what else is involved anatomically in such position could play a role in understanding what could be the underlying mechanism that is triggering the pain.
So maybe the pudendal nerve is involved, but even if that was solely the case, a nerve irritation, or inflammation, then why even after all these blocks, the nerve still remains irritated?
At least in my personal situation, other than my sitting woes, my body seems perfect or normal when I’m standing or lying on bed. As soon as I sit, something is getting squished…but things weren’t always like this. My brother in law is all into Ironman. He has done it many times. He goes riding every single day of the week. Yet when I ask if he has experienced anything remotely close to the “cyclist syndrome”, we says, not at all. Mind you I have not ridden a bicycle in years, only motorcycle, and not every weekend….
One of the many things that have left me clueless in my journey through all these Doctors is why do they don’t seem curious about what is going on in our bodies, in our pelvises, exclusively while we sit. I mean, if for most of us pain is THE main trigger, why are they not putting a close eye inside our pelvises while we sit. I cannot help but think it might provide some clues as to what is going on inside our bodies...
Where am I getting…..I'm wondering, has anybody tried one of those upright MRI machines where you can stand, sit, etc…?
I’m really thinking into this, but I’m curious if any of us PN sufferers has already tried it….?
For more info, look into these links:
http://www.altushealthsystem.com/imagin ... anner.html
http://www.mri911.com/#!casestudies/cp7n
In my personal view, based on conclusions of what I've read, and heard, the TG surgeries are not foolproof. Also in my experience, conservative management has not really helped. Using a dedicated cushion with the proper hole for the perineum helps making sitting more tolerable, but I still experience pain after a while so such solution, for me, is not taking harm away.
As an engineer, I can't avoid to phantom about what is happening inside our bodies. And I still think, at least in my case, that the nature is very mechanical. I sit and the pain starts to kick in, I stand or lie down, and the pain goes away. Weight is obviously involved, but it is in both standing and sitting, there must be something else at play when we are sitting that is making the harm. Maybe hip flexion or what else is involved anatomically in such position could play a role in understanding what could be the underlying mechanism that is triggering the pain.
So maybe the pudendal nerve is involved, but even if that was solely the case, a nerve irritation, or inflammation, then why even after all these blocks, the nerve still remains irritated?
At least in my personal situation, other than my sitting woes, my body seems perfect or normal when I’m standing or lying on bed. As soon as I sit, something is getting squished…but things weren’t always like this. My brother in law is all into Ironman. He has done it many times. He goes riding every single day of the week. Yet when I ask if he has experienced anything remotely close to the “cyclist syndrome”, we says, not at all. Mind you I have not ridden a bicycle in years, only motorcycle, and not every weekend….
One of the many things that have left me clueless in my journey through all these Doctors is why do they don’t seem curious about what is going on in our bodies, in our pelvises, exclusively while we sit. I mean, if for most of us pain is THE main trigger, why are they not putting a close eye inside our pelvises while we sit. I cannot help but think it might provide some clues as to what is going on inside our bodies...
Where am I getting…..I'm wondering, has anybody tried one of those upright MRI machines where you can stand, sit, etc…?
I’m really thinking into this, but I’m curious if any of us PN sufferers has already tried it….?
For more info, look into these links:
http://www.altushealthsystem.com/imagin ... anner.html
http://www.mri911.com/#!casestudies/cp7n