Do You Experience Pain While Sitting? We Can Help

Pain With Sitting

Pain that results from sitting too long commonly affects men and women, especially those who spend most of their workdays sitting at a desk. Although this pain is common, that does not mean that it is normal and those experiencing long-lasting pain while sitting should seek treatment with a pelvic pain specialist.

Understanding Your Pain During Sitting

What Causes Pain With Sitting?

Pain with sitting can be felt in the “sit bones’ and in the distribution of the pudendal nerve anywhere from the rectum to the genitals. A pelvic pain specialist can find the underlying cause of your pain and determine the best course of treatment through a multimodal approach.

Related Conditions

Sometimes, pain with sitting may be a sign of an underlying pelvic health condition. Speaking with a pelvic pain specialist who uses a multimodal approach to both diagnosis and treatment allows patients to receive the proper treatment sooner.

Pain While Sitting Is Not Normal

What Can Pain With Sitting Feel Like?

Pain with sitting can be sharp, burning, aching, or stabbing, classically in the distribution of the pudendal nerve.

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    Sit Bone Pain

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    Genital Pain

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    Perineal Pain

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    Rectal Pain

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    Radiating down to thighs

Treatment Options for Pain With Sitting

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

Frequently Asked Questions: Pain With Sitting

Experiencing pain while sitting 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.

This pain can grow worse without treatment, causing limited mobility, further discomfort, and even disability, depending on the underlying cause of the pain. Often, this pain can be resolved by a change in habits but may require the intervention of a professional for chronic or severe situations.

Experiencing pain from sitting may be the result of an underlying pelvic health condition, so seeing a pelvic pain specialist who understands your symptoms will allow you to receive the proper treatment for your condition sooner.

If you are experiencing pain with sitting that does not go away upon changing your seated position, standing, or stretching, you should schedule an appointment with a pelvic pain specialist as it may be related to an underlying condition.

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 Treatment For Pain With Sitting

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.