The possibilities of using osteopathic correction for chronic pelvic pain syndrome

Abstract

The urgency of the chronic pelvic pain syndromes problem is due both to their relatively high prevalence and, in general, to the significant complexity of their diagnosis and treatment. Pain in the pelvic region, according to different authors, affects from 2,1 to 24% of women worldwide, occurring approximately twice as often as in men. Despite the sufficient knowledge of the problem, curation of patients with chronic pelvic pain syndrome still has difficulties both at the stage of diagnosis and at the stages of treatment. Among chronic pelvic pain syndromes, neuropathy of the pudendal nerve — n. pudendus, due to its specific symptoms, is both one of the most painful for the patient and a diagnostically and therapeutically difficult disease. The problems of isolated use and mutual compatibility of various non-drug methods are still not well understood, and the use of drugs often does not bring the desired effect, contributing to the chronicity of the process. However, according to previous studies, osteopathic correction is pathogenetically substantiated and effective in the treatment of patients with tunnel neuropathies of other localization and can be used both as part of complex treatment and as monotherapy. A case report about the isolated use (monotherapy) of osteopathic correction in a patient with pudendal neuropathy is presented.