Experiencing Bladder Pain? We Can Help.

Bladder Pain

Bladder pain is a symptom that both men and women can experience, but does affect women more heavily. Those who experience bladder pain may have underlying causes such as an infection, or conditions related to their pelvic floor.

Understanding Cystitis

What is Bladder Pain?

It is important to note that bladder pain (also known as Interstitial Cystitis) is not always the result of having a UTI. Sometimes bladder pain can occur without infection, so speaking to a pelvic pain specialist about your bladder pain and bladder symptoms can help you get the proper treatment sooner.

What Conditions Are Related to Bladder Pain?

Bladder pain can be a symptom of a more serious problem, whether it is an infection or pelvic floor health condition, and speaking with a pelvic pain specialist will allow patients to receive the proper treatment sooner.

Bladder Pain Is Not Normal

What Does Bladder Pain Feel Like?

While patients’ descriptions of their bladder pain may vary, there are common feelings of discomfort among those who have chronic or temporary cystitis.

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    Discomfort or pain in the lower abdomen

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    A constant feeling of having to urinate

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    Pain or discomfort when the bladder is filling or full

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    Pain during intercourse

Treatment Options for Bladder Pain

Once a proper diagnosis has been given, we offer a proprietary office-based procedure to treat the underlying causes of bladder pain. This treatment consists of a series of pelvic nerve and muscle treatments to directly target the spastic pelvic floor muscles, inflammation in the pelvis, and nerve pain. Depending on the condition causing your pain, other modalities may be needed in addition to our treatment. Since the cause of bladder pain can be multifactorial, the most effective treatment option is a multimodal approach that targets many different contributing factors.

Frequently Asked Questions: Bladder Pain

Experiencing bladder pain can be difficult, but our team of pelvic pain specialists will listen to you, validate your experiences and symptoms, and partner with you on your rehabilitation journey.

Yes, most underlying causes of bladder pain can be treated. With our multimodal treatment approach, patients can experience increased pelvic function and decreased pain.

While we understand that not all chronic constipation can be prevented through what you eat or drink, drinking plenty of water and food rich in fiber can help. Patients should also not hold their stool when they feel the urge to go. This can make chronic constipation worse and occur more often.

Sometimes, bladder pain can be the result of a pelvic floor health condition such as a hypertonic pelvic floor. Pelvic pain specialists are the experts in diagnosing and treating conditions that relate to the pelvic floor nerves and muscles. At PRM, we use a multimodal approach to treatment, so we are looking into all of the potential causes of your symptoms.

Because bladder pain is not normal and may be a symptom of a more severe condition, we recommend booking an appointment with a pelvic pain specialist if you have been experiencing bladder pain that is not temporary.

First, our providers will ask questions about your medical history and listen to your symptoms to get a full picture of what is going on with you.

Next, an external exam of your hips, abdomen, and posterior sacrum.

Next, your pelvic nerves are evaluated externally with a soft cotton tip.

Next, with your consent, gel is placed on a gloved finger and an internal exam is performed to allow us to evaluate the nerves and muscles within the pelvis.
There is no speculum required as we are evaluating the pelvic floor muscles and nerves, not the organs.

Sometimes patients will need Imaging to help us understand if there is an associated cause of the pelvic nerve and muscle pain and dysfunction found on the exam.

Oftentimes, treatment can be started the same day as there is no downtime. Our patients have been suffering with pelvic pain symptoms for 6+ months. We like to get them on the road to feeling better as soon as we can as the longer the symptoms are present the harder it is for us to resolve them.

We Provide Bladder Pain Treatment

Our pelvic pain specialists are experts in recognizing the symptoms of and diagnosing pelvic pain conditions. With The PRM Protocol, we go further than addressing the symptoms on the surface – we treat the underlying causes of pelvic pain.