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Chronic pelvic pain arising from dysfunctional stabilizing muscles of the hip joint and pelvis

  • Lee, Dae Wook (Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School and Hospital) ;
  • Lim, Chang Hun (Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School and Hospital) ;
  • Han, Jae Young (Department of Physical & Rehabilitation Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School and Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Woong Mo (Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School and Hospital)
  • Received : 2016.02.05
  • Accepted : 2016.02.18
  • Published : 2016.10.01
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Abstract

Chronic pelvic pain in women is a very annoying condition that is responsible for substantial suffering and medical expense. But dealing with this pain can be tough, because there are numerous possible causes for the pelvic pain such as urologic, gynecologic, gastrointestinal, neurologic, or musculoskeletal problems. Of these, musculoskeletal problem may be a primary cause of chronic pelvic pain in patients with a preceding trauma to the low back, pelvis, or lower extremities. Here, we report the case of a 54-year-old female patient with severe chronic pelvic pain after a transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) accident that was successfully managed with image-guided trigger point injections on several pelvic stabilizing muscles.

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