Butt pain when sitting- PN?

[paininbutt]

When I sit and slouch I have pain in the sitz bone area, maybe a bit further up -isch tuberosities??? But when I sit upright and not slouch the pain diminishes, does this sound like the type of PN pain you all get when sitting???? Or I merely just not sitting correct

[calluna]

To be honest, no, it doesn't sound like the type of pain that I get. If I sit without my cushion, I have very sharp pain across the whole of the pudendal distribution. I do not have sit-bone pain at all. There are quite a few people who have PN who also have pain in the 'sit-bone' area, though.

And now that I think about it, slouching whilst sitting (I am cringing just thinking about it!) would make things much worse, due the the compression of the nerve. Sitting upright is what I do automatically nowadays, with my cushion.

Do you have pain in the pudendal area? or is it just the sit bones?

[Amanda]

Its very common to slouch to avoid sitting pain, however we all know that postural effects of not sitting correctly can have a big effect on back pain etc.
Normally to sit upright is a huge precursor of PN pain. Are you using a cushion while sitting? Ice on the cushion can help ease the perineal pain...however most people who have PN pain avoid sitting as much as possible.