Health Organization for Pudendal Education

Yep, you read that correctly, she actually "cheers on" my pelvic floor; begs it to release; encourages it to keep up the good work, etc. I'm serious here!! How do you deal with a woman doing, yes, INTERNAL PT while cheering you on??? I just keep smiling through the pain, not knowing what to say. I thought she was trying to put a hole from the inside out today working the periformis (sp?) muscle, ah the while I'm cringing trying not to cry out while she's begging it to release. We can not make this stuff up...and yet who'd believe us???

She's also going for her clinical doctorate and decided to use me as a case study. Everyone in her class was really interested; then she got to the part where she had to provide research studies and guess what...she couldn't find any!!! She had to start over with a different case study. I should've asked how/what it was she was looking up. Will try to remember that next week.

What a world we live in.

Tracy

I so do not miss the excruciating pain of internal PT and the silent tears running down my face. I'm sorry you are experiencing this and hope that it will bring you some results. I'm feeling for you, Tracy.

Oh wow Tracy,
How is your muscle supposed to relax when someone is in the process of causing you pain, and acting like a weirdo freak, how is this a relaxing experience?
Are you going to continue to see her?

TracyB7777 wrote:Yep, you read that correctly, she actually "cheers on" my pelvic floor; begs it to release; encourages it to keep up the good work, etc.

Oh, Tracy ... I soooo feel for you, hon! I wondering the same thing as HM: Are you going to continue to see this Cheerleader? ((HUGS))!!!!!!!!!

Lernica wrote:I so do not miss the excruciating pain of internal PT and the silent tears running down my face.

Me, too, Lernica!

I truly just don't know what to do. It's so frustrating!!! She is just so sure this is going to help and I don't want to give up too soon just in case this is my one and only chance at getting some relief. I just have no idea what to do. Even went back for two sessions of acupuncture this week. So far no change which is horribly depressing too. Emotionally bad week...luckily the pain levels are pretty much the same around 4-5, sad but that's the norm in my little world. Just thank ful the norm isn't higher.

Any thoughts or suggestions are greatly appreciated!! I truly appreciate everyone on this board so much. It's so difficult to talk to anyone else since they just don't get it.

Tracy

Sometimes it helps to set your own personal time limit on a treatment. Decide how long you are willing to let it go on without any improvement, mark your calendar, and see it through. It helps psychologically to have an end in sight, and it lets you satisfy yourself that you gave it every opportunity.

Celeste wrote:Sometimes it helps to set your own personal time limit on a treatment. Decide how long you are willing to let it go on without any improvement, mark your calendar, and see it through. It helps psychologically to have an end in sight, and it lets you satisfy yourself that you gave it every opportunity.

Excellent suggestion!

Celeste wrote:Sometimes it helps to set your own personal time limit on a treatment. Decide how long you are willing to let it go on without any improvement, mark your calendar, and see it through. It helps psychologically to have an end in sight, and it lets you satisfy yourself that you gave it every opportunity.

Celeste,
I completely agree and it was the biggest mistake I made. It is how I ended up having so many sessions of PT with no end in sight because the PT claimed to discover something "new" every time.
While it helps to set a time limit, it also helps to have something else lined up to explore afterward in case the present treatment fails you.
To the OP, it annoys me when medical practitioners feel compelled to mix in some cheap psychology. I would walk away.

ezer wrote:Celeste,
I completely agree and it was the biggest mistake I made. It is how I ended up having so many sessions of PT with no end in sight because the PT claimed to discover something "new" every time.
While it helps to set a time limit, it also helps to have something else lined up to explore afterward in case the present treatment fails you.
To the OP, it annoys me when medical practitioners feel compelled to mix in some cheap psychology. I would walk away.

Thanks, Ezer, you made a point I was trying to get at--YOU be in charge of how long this attempt goes on, not a provider.

I do think some are helped by having the next treatment option in the pipeline, but I've seen that others need some time after a failed therapy to reflect and gather information. I think most of us feel like we need to be sure we're not rushing into the wrong thing next, particularly after a failure. Some are able to process that while undergoing a treatment, and others just need some space. Money is an important constraint as well; many will need time to figure out some resources for the next step.

Great suggestion about setting the timeline!! I actually was going to stop after last week because they couldn't schedule me until June and then miraculously her calendar opened up. I think the end of May will be the end of PT if I"m not showing improvement!!!

Thank you al!!!