Dr Michael Durtnall world-leading successful treatment of Pudendal Neuralgia and Inferior Cluneal Neuralgia sitting pain.

Dr Michael Durtnall's successful cures of Pudendal Neuralgia and Inferior Cluneal Neuralgia sitting pain.

First read 50+ successful treatment outcomes on www.Pudendalhope.Info, the worldwide Pelvic Pain and Pudendal Neuralgia (PN) website and in the UK and Ireland section of the forum all successful outcomes are reported by Dr Michael Durtnall's patients ... http://www.pudendalhope.info/forum/viewforum.php?f=27

Painful sitting has become a common condition of men and women with pelvic pain with the Pudendal Nerve the most likely suspect if pelvic pain is located on one or both sides of the perineum, labia, vagina and clitoris in women or pelvic floor, testicles and penis in men caused by Pudendal nerve compression or entrapment.

Pudendal neuralgia (PN) or pudendal nerve entrapment (PNE) needs careful examination of nerves, muscles, fascia, ligaments, pelvic asymmetry from leg length difference, sacroiliac joint and/or tailbone dysfunction or pain with essential assessment of pelvic myofascia and external and internal ligaments potentially entrapping or compressing one or both Pudendal nerves.

Occurring more in women than men, sacroiliac joint and postural dysfunction following falls, pelvic injuries, childbirth, wearing high-heels or habitual sitting asymmetrically, often to avoid hip, groin or tail bone / coccyx pain, may result in pudendal neuralgia.

However, if sitting causes burning pain under the sitting-bones with a broad, painful, prickling pain altered sensation or numbness of the perineum, sex organs, back half of the pelvic floor, inner lower buttock inwards to the anus and potentially radiating down the back or inner thigh, it is potentially due to compression of the Inferior Cluneal Nerve branch of the Posterior Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (PFCN).

If this nerve is compressed from chronic sitting, slumped backwards, with direct pressure or sideways-sitting shearing pressure on the nerve, this can cause pain in the perineum, labia and vagina (for women) or pain in the perineum, penis and testicles (for men) which mimics pudendal neuralgia and causes diagnostic confusion.

I often see Inferior Cluneal neuralgia in patients who have had to drive for long or repeated journeys to visit an ill relative or in post-grad MSc and PhD students who have been studying for exams or writing their thesis for many months, sitting for many long hours every day in bed or on a sofa.

Treatment specifically to rehabilitate these tissues is our team's specialisation with manual therapy, specific exercises and postural training on how to sit to avoid continued pressure on the Inferior Cluneal nerve from slumped sitting.

Sayer Clinics’ specialist pelvic physical therapy, shiatsu and acupuncture team help cure myofasial pain syndromes.

The very few who cannot be helped by physical and manual therapy are referred without delay to the very best Pudendal pelvic surgical specialists in France or Spain.

Sayer Clinics’ founder and Chairman, Michael Durtnall, is expert in taking and assessing low-dose digital weight-bearing x-rays and diagnostic ultrasound scans, orthopaedic and neurological examination, full postural analysis and rehabilitation. Michael is the most advanced Pelvic Manipulation and Postural rehabilitation specialist in the world and he also, importantly, advises his patients on specific exercises as well as pilates, yoga, sports and activities to regain long-term, free movement of internally constricted nerves as well as improving balance, strength, symmetry and flexibility which ultimately make us fit, healthy, joyful and pain-free.

Differential Diagnosis of Inferior Cluneal Neuralgia, Posterior Femoral Cutaneous Neuralgia (PFCN), Pudendal Neuralgia (PN) and Pudendal Nerve Entrapment (PNE).

Gynaecologic:

Endometriosis, Pelvic inflammatory disease, PCOS, Pelvic adhesions, Vulvodynia

Obstetric:

Childbirth injury, Forceps or Ventouse injury

Musculoskeletal:

Sacroiliac, Coccyx, Pudendal neuralgia, PN, myofascial pain,, Ischial bursitis

Urologic:

Interstitial cystitis, Pelvic Radiation therapy

Gastrointestinal:
Irritable bowel syndrome IBS, Abdominal Adhesions

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