Tony is one of those people who seem superhuman. On that day, as usual, he was in active mode, attempting to pull off the perfect handstand when all of a sudden, he felt a sharp pinching pain in his lower abs. The exercises made his pain worse, and in a matter of weeks his symptoms exploded. The sharp pain in his abs snowballed into pain with sitting, constant perineum and groin pain, and a burning pain at the tip of his penis.
Unable to find any answers from the doctors he visited, he turned to the Internet. After reading a litany of stories about PNE, he was convinced that he needed surgery as soon as possible to free his entrapped pudendal nerve. Otherwise, according to the information he was uncovering, his symptoms would continue to worsen. He even contacted one of the doctors mentioned in the online forums who performed the surgery.
The doctor encouraged him to fly out and schedule the surgery with him right away. Even with surgery I was afraid of what my life was going to become. However, before he signed up for surgery, he decided to see one more doctor in San Francisco. Thankfully, that doctor was one of the few in the country in the know about male pelvic pain. The doctor then prescribed pelvic floor PT to treat his pain. Finally, he was getting what seemed like a reliable explanation for what was happening to him.
Plus, there was a treatment option available that was much more conservative than going under the knife.
After the first session with Stephanie, Tony felt a slight bit of relief. Ultimately, with regular PT sessionsβat first twice weekly and then weeklyβhis pain and symptoms began to diminish, until eventually they were gone altogether.
