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  1. B

    Pelvic Pain - Feeling Stuck

    I've read a lot of success stories of people treating pelvic pain using mind body approaches. I try to feel optimistic that these practices will help me but at this moment I'm struggling to accept that the pain I'm dealing with is not structural. I've been in pain since 2017 and the pain has...
  2. S

    Pelvic pain after bowel movements. Is it TMS?

    Hi. Since 7 years I wake up feeling pretty good, but once I have a bowel movement, after 10 minutes it starts a burning sensation in my perineum that sometimes irradiates to my penis and buttocks. The sensation is never the same. Sometimes is burning, sometimes is pain, sometimes just a...
  3. R

    TMS and Pelvic Floor Pain; is the mind playing tricks?

    Hello, Last time I wrote here I got amazing advice so thought I’d give it another spin. I have been on the TMS journey just under a month, compared to the 5 years I’ve had pelvic pain related symptoms, this is nothing of course but have seen vast improvements. One of two things which remain is...
  4. M

    Starting to consider myself a success - twitching, back pain, pelvic pain, RSI

    Hi all, Apologies in advance for the length. I have occasionally frequented this forum, particularly when I was at my worst. I don't know if this forum is nearly as active as it used to be some years ago, but figured I'd post here anyway just for others like myself who might sift through this...
  5. C

    Pelvic Instability/Pain Structural or TMS?

    Hi, I had my daughter 9 months ago and had a very painful birth with a long time pushing( 3 hours). For two weeks after I had a ton of pain at my pubic bone, left hip, and inner groins and could barely walk (I had a really weird gait where I had to swing my left leg up and over). I went to the...
  6. F

    testicular pain, pelvic pain

    Hello everyone, I'm a 23 years old italian guy. I dont speak english fluently, I'm sorry for that, hope you'll understand anyways. my symptoms started a year ago with severe pain in my left foot, I did an ultrasound which revealed plantar fasciitis, I took months of rest but the pain never went...
  7. T

    Pelvic floor tension, pressure to perform

    For a long time I have been dealing with Pelvic floor pain/tension which prevents me from enjoying sex. My theory on why I have this tension is because I am really concerned about my performance in bed. Constantly when I'm about to have sex I get worries in my head that I will cum fast and not...
  8. M

    Pelvic Floor Dysfunction after spine surgery

    Hi All, I am new to this site and this is my first post. I’m hoping someone out there may have had similar symptoms and can give me suggestions, tips on what to do next I had Laminectomy in Jan 2021 due to severe spinal stenosis from discs L4 thru L5, S1 closing off spinal fluid almost...
  9. S

    Does anyone get pelvic pain after walking?

    Does anyone else get pelvic pain after walking? I know this is TMS as it doesn't happen every time. It's very frustrating as I like walking and it's my main form of exercise, but I have to convince myself to go as 30-50% of the time I get pelvic pain at the end of the walk or it develops...
  10. J

    Is Believing enough?

    Hi I posted here about 2 month ago if others had similar symptoms (had pain in both legs Like a feeling of being Charlie horse). Sometimes it affects higher up the pelvic area, and sometimes lower down. Perhaps it's when I used certain muscles. After receiving a a few responses, assuring me that...
  11. D

    free of chronic pelvic pain and living full life

    Hello. I suffered from pelvic pain for a few years. The pain made my life unbearable. I felt spasms and pain when sitting, urinating, even having sex. I was diagnosed with nonbacterial prostatitis, pudendal neuralgia... altogether as a chronic pelvic pain syndrome. The structures in my pelvis...
  12. J

    Help with viewing Urinary Symptoms, Prostatitis, CPPS, Pelvic Pain

    Hey Everyone, I hope everyone is well. I have what we call Prostatitis, CPPS, Pelvic Pain etc etc. I've posted about my story on here before, to cut it short - lost my business within a month or so frequency and urgency. I can't shake those symptoms and now I have anxiety around those...
  13. M

    Recovery from crippling back, neck ,pelvic & genital pain/numbness, twitching, gastro issues & more

    Hi everyone, I am longtime lurker and now first time poster! I am here to share my recovery journey to offer hope, encouragement and assistance to those with particularly challenging TMS. As someone who is very affected by symptom influence, please be careful reading below. I have had TMS my...
  14. Laura Haraka

    Laura Haraka Success Story: Pelvic Pain, Pudendal Neuralgia, Interstitial Cystitis

    My journey began in May 2015 when I started having UTI symptoms. My symptoms got progressively worse so I went to a Urologist for testing. I had a cystoscopy and urodynamic study but they didn't find a cause for my discomfort. I then developed Chronic Pelvic Pain and after many tests, I was...
  15. tmstraveler

    Pelvic Pain, Feeling Hopeless

    Hey, all. I’ve been at this for a couple years now with ups and downs, but these past few weeks have OWNED me. My pelvic pain (rectal tightness, burning) has come roaring back, not that it ever completely left. I can’t sleep. I can’t sit. It’s so bad that it’s all I can think about. I’m not...
  16. J

    Struggling with Pelvic pain & the approach

    Hi I’ve had pelvic pain with penis pain and frequency urination now for over two and a half years. Im unconsciously tensing/ kegaling I believ due to becoming so stressed from losing a business during while on top of have GAD. I just can’t seem to get anywhere with it. I read to stretch...
  17. NicoleB34

    Any hope for provoked pain? Pelvic pain/vulvodynia

    Hello all I haven’t posted for a while because mind-body techniques have made me about 70% better, and I’ve been out living and enjoying my life and doing all the things the doctors told me not to do! This includes riding my bike multiple times a week despite having pudendal neuralgia. My...
  18. S

    Pelvic Pain and related symptoms

    Hello all, I'm new to this forum but I'm familiar with TMS and the work of Dr Sarno, among others. I would be very interested to hear from anyone (particularly men) who have experienced pelvic pain and TMS equivalents, like frequent urination. I don't want to think of it as a 'flare-up'...
  19. donavanf

    Chronic Pelvic Pain/Rectal Pain - Good Old TMS

    This is a follow up to a previous post, entitled "Anal Fissures, Pains in the A$$ and Encouragement Needed". I am reposting some of it, as it still applies... I have a lifelong history of TMS from infancy colic to childhood tummy aches, teenage chronic earaches and sore throats, to young adult...
  20. J

    Pelvic Floor/ Frequent Urination - Step 1- TMS acceptance Step 2?

    Hi, Ten years ago I developed chronic anxiety and stress and developed a long list of physical symptoms. Three years ago about 1-2 m0nths after losing a business, I developed urinary symptoms - frequency and urgency. This then turned into general pelvic pain and "prostatitis" symptoms. No...
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