suspected PN symptoms- role of PT and Dr Wise protocol

[michaelm]

Hello Friends,
It looks like I may have symptoms of PN- pain and burning in buttocks on sitting, also foreign body sensation in rectal area, numb feeling in buttock etc- diagnosed with different conditions for past few years- lumbosacral radiculopathy, immune mediated neuropathy etc- lots of tests- including MRI of pelvis -nothing conclusive, then I started reading about PN and looks like my symptoms closely mimic it. Started seeing PT trained in pelvic floor and found very tight pelvic floor muscles and started doing manual therapy, trigger point release etc for 3- 4 sessions. Also met with a yoga instructor who got better after alignment based yoga for the same problem. I know ,it is said yoga is contraindicated so very confusing. My PT says that the muscles need to be stretched so the the nerve can start gliding. She advised squatting, stretching poses to make muscles stretch etc. She appears to be very knowledgable about PN which she thinks most likely is from tight pelvis. I don't have any history of trauma but may be prolonged sitting at work and weights. I do have appt with Dr SA for formal evaluation and he has scheduled me for possible injection the next day.

I want to know if people have benefitted from PT or not and also with Dr Wise protocol of paradoxical relaxation? Should I wait for any injections to see if PT has any beneficial effects? Has anybody seen Staphnie Pendergrast- PT in CA for this?
Any advice will be greatly appreciated as I have been suffering from this pain and burning for past 2 years.

[Question]

Hi - I read your post with interest. You mentioned that you were diagnosed with an immune mediated neuropathy. Would you mind explaining how this was diagnosed and what kind of neuropathy the doctors speculated you may have?

[michaelm]

I had sweat tests etc and other tests most of which were normal except sweat test but I was never a sweater; other tests were negative or non diagnostic; although the sweat tests apparently was abnormal throughout, my symptoms were mainly in lower extremities- only sensory- and now concentrated mainly in pudendal distribution- doctors thought probably it was post viral infectious radiculopathy

[Violet M]

Michael, I replied to your post in the physiotherapy section.

Violet