Pudendal Nerve Entrapment...
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2014 4:31 pm
Hi. Im Andy. Im 35 & have Pudendal Nerve Entrapment from cycling.
My story started after my 13 year relationship ended & I lost my home, I threw myself into a mixture of alcohol, cocaine & my job... Working 15+ hour days for five days per week & then drinking & snorting myself into oblivion for the other two, was how I lived my life for months after my split. I finally decided to sort myself out about July 2013. Was going to the gym, running & cycling. I had always been extremely active with football, running, kickboxing, weights, surfing, etc, but I had never cycled. I had friends who cycled a lot, so I figured I would just join them. I picked up a road bike & set about regaining my fitness. Started off with small rides of about 15-20 miles & regained my fitness levels pretty quickly in a few weeks, & as I have always had a desire to push myself, I started to do 20-30 miles a few times in the week & my last cycle was a 50 mile ride. Unfortunately, as a complete novice, I was totally unaware that a bike needs to be set up for individual body size. My bike was set up completely wrong for my body shape/size & with doing so much, so quickly, I did damage to my pelvis & that crushed & trapped nerves. This has caused excruciating pain which starts from my hips & distributes itself down through my groin, to my knees.
It took a couple of months bad form from the cycling to make the pain become constant. I had ignored it to that point thinking I should just "man up" & it would sort itself out over time. Fourteen months on & it has become worse & worse. It cost me my dream job as a graphic designer in the sports industry. In the space of three years, I had lost everything & was in pain I didn't realise existed so I looked for a way out. I was helped by my brother to get through the worst of my slide into my dark place.
As of today, I am in the process of receiving Pudendal Nerve Blocks from Dr. Greenslade in Bristol & hope it can settle itself over time. They don't really help much & recently, things are so bad that I cannot escape it at all. I am told that it is unlikely that the injury will ever fully recover & the most probable scenario is that the pain becomes "manageable. I am practically housebound fourteen months after the initial injury & have had exactly six blissful days which have been what I would class as manageable.
I find it incredibly frustrating to have gone from being extremely active, to having to ask for help with the simplest of tasks. I also find it very difficult coping with not being able to continue with my career.
I just hope that things improve, because Im not sure I can take much more of this...
My story started after my 13 year relationship ended & I lost my home, I threw myself into a mixture of alcohol, cocaine & my job... Working 15+ hour days for five days per week & then drinking & snorting myself into oblivion for the other two, was how I lived my life for months after my split. I finally decided to sort myself out about July 2013. Was going to the gym, running & cycling. I had always been extremely active with football, running, kickboxing, weights, surfing, etc, but I had never cycled. I had friends who cycled a lot, so I figured I would just join them. I picked up a road bike & set about regaining my fitness. Started off with small rides of about 15-20 miles & regained my fitness levels pretty quickly in a few weeks, & as I have always had a desire to push myself, I started to do 20-30 miles a few times in the week & my last cycle was a 50 mile ride. Unfortunately, as a complete novice, I was totally unaware that a bike needs to be set up for individual body size. My bike was set up completely wrong for my body shape/size & with doing so much, so quickly, I did damage to my pelvis & that crushed & trapped nerves. This has caused excruciating pain which starts from my hips & distributes itself down through my groin, to my knees.
It took a couple of months bad form from the cycling to make the pain become constant. I had ignored it to that point thinking I should just "man up" & it would sort itself out over time. Fourteen months on & it has become worse & worse. It cost me my dream job as a graphic designer in the sports industry. In the space of three years, I had lost everything & was in pain I didn't realise existed so I looked for a way out. I was helped by my brother to get through the worst of my slide into my dark place.
As of today, I am in the process of receiving Pudendal Nerve Blocks from Dr. Greenslade in Bristol & hope it can settle itself over time. They don't really help much & recently, things are so bad that I cannot escape it at all. I am told that it is unlikely that the injury will ever fully recover & the most probable scenario is that the pain becomes "manageable. I am practically housebound fourteen months after the initial injury & have had exactly six blissful days which have been what I would class as manageable.
I find it incredibly frustrating to have gone from being extremely active, to having to ask for help with the simplest of tasks. I also find it very difficult coping with not being able to continue with my career.
I just hope that things improve, because Im not sure I can take much more of this...
