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Unraveling Coccyx Pain: Is Your Pudendal Nerve Involved?
Persistent coccyx pain can be debilitating. Learn how tailbone pain and pudendal nerve pain overlap, how to tell them apart, and when specialist assessment helps.
Read articlePudendusnerven: en missad orsak till kronisk underlivssmärta
Specialister inom kronisk bäckensmärta ser ofta en nervkomponent vid ihållande smärta i underlivet, och pudendusnerven är ofta inblandad. Trots detta får många patienter fel diagnos i åratal. Här förklarar vi varför, och hur Dr Renaud Bollens arbetar för att bryta den onda cirkeln.
Read articleNavigating Postpartum Pelvic Pain and Pudendal Neuralgia: A Guide for New Mothers
Postpartum pelvic pain, especially pudendal neuralgia, can be debilitating. Learn about symptoms, diagnosis and treatment options, and when to seek a specialist second opinion.
Read articleKronisk bäckensmärta i Sverige: Varför så många patienter söker vård utomlands
Svenska patienter med kronisk bäckensmärta möter ofta långa väntetider, fragmenterad utredning och begränsad tillgång till specialiserad kirurgi. Här förklarar vi vårdlandskapet och när en second opinion utomlands är motiverad.
Read articleHow to Sit With Chronic Pelvic Pain: Ergonomics, Cushions and Daily Strategies
Sitting is the single most provocative activity for pudendal neuralgia and coccydynia. This evidence-based guide covers cushion choice, workstation setup and micro-habits that reduce daily pain.
Read articleMR Neurography for Pelvic Pain: What It Can and Cannot Show
3-Tesla MR neurography can show the pudendal, sciatic and obturator nerves that a standard MRI misses. It is a supporting test, not a diagnosis, and the first step is always a consultation.
Read articleDr Renaud Bollens Has Trained More Than 140 Pelvic Surgeons Worldwide
Prof. Renaud Bollens has personally trained and mentored more than 140 pelvic surgeons across Europe, the Middle East and Asia. He has operated alongside them, shaping the modern standard of pudendal nerve decompression.
Read articleWhy Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy Is the First-Line Treatment for Chronic Pelvic Pain
Specialist pelvic floor physiotherapy resolves or significantly improves the majority of chronic pelvic pain cases before surgical options are ever considered. Here is what current 2026 evidence shows.
Read articleWhen Blood Vessels Squeeze Nerves: The Pelvic Compression Syndromes Most Clinicians Miss
May-Thurner Syndrome, Nutcracker Syndrome and pelvic venous congestion can produce burning nerve pain identical to pudendal entrapment. Here is why the pelvic vasculature deserves consideration when a chronic pelvic pain work-up does not add up.
Read articleDeep Gluteal Syndrome: The 'New Sciatica' Behind Chronic Buttock and Pelvic Pain
A significant share of patients labelled with 'sciatica' actually have extra-spinal entrapment of the sciatic or pudendal nerve inside the deep gluteal space. A 2026 update on diagnosis and endoscopic decompression.
Read articleCentral Sensitisation in Chronic Pelvic Pain: When the Nervous System Rewires Itself
Long-standing pelvic pain does not stay in the pelvis. Over time, the spinal cord and brain amplify the signal, and treating the peripheral nerve alone is no longer enough. A 2026 clinical overview.
Read articleMyofascial Pelvic Pain Syndrome: The Muscle Problem Behind Many 'Bladder' and 'Prostate' Diagnoses
Chronic hypertonicity of the pelvic floor muscles produces urinary urgency, painful intercourse and perineal pain that is often mislabelled as interstitial cystitis or chronic prostatitis. A 2026 clinical update.
Read articlePudendal Nerve Entrapment Syndrome: What the 2025 Literature Actually Says
An NCBI Bookshelf reference by Kaur, Leslie and Singh consolidates current knowledge on Pudendal Nerve Entrapment Syndrome. Here is what it means for patients navigating diagnosis, imaging and treatment choices.
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