Clitoral Pain Explained
If you’re experiencing discomfort or pain in your clitoral area, you’re not alone. This type of pain can be a sign of many different conditions, including pelvic floor dysfunction, peripheral neuralgias, vulvar disease, infections under the hood of the clitoris or vulvovaginal infections, spinal pathology, clitoral phimosis or small particles called keratin pearls. Understanding what’s causing your clitoral discomfort is key to finding the right treatment that works for you. Our team at PHRC has undergone advanced training to be able to identify the cause of your clitoral pain and provide a treatment plan to get you the relief you need.
Clitoral pain falls under the bigger diagnosis of Vulvodynia. Clitoral pain can be defined as any pain or discomfort experienced in the clitoral area, which includes the clitoral hood and the clitoris itself. The symptoms associated with a painful clitoris can be provoked, meaning only when touched, or unprovoked and spontaneous, or a combination of both. The symptoms are varying in intensity from mild to severe pain.
Clitoral Pain Explained
If you’re experiencing discomfort or pain in your clitoral area, you’re not alone. This type of pain can be a sign of many different conditions, including pelvic floor dysfunction, peripheral neuralgias, vulvar disease, infections under the hood of the clitoris or vulvovaginal infections, spinal pathology, clitoral phimosis or small particles called keratin pearls. Understanding what’s causing your clitoral discomfort is key to finding the right treatment that works for you. Our team at PHRC has undergone advanced training to be able to identify the cause of your clitoral pain and provide a treatment plan to get you the relief you need.
Clitoral pain falls under the bigger diagnosis of Vulvodynia. Clitoral pain can be defined as any pain or discomfort experienced in the clitoral area, which includes the clitoral hood and the clitoris itself. The symptoms associated with a painful clitoris can be provoked, meaning only when touched, or unprovoked and spontaneous, or a combination of both. The symptoms are varying in intensity from mild to severe pain.
The symptoms of clitoral pain can include:
- Persistent throbbing or sharp pain in the clitoral area
- Burning sensation
- Discomfort or pain related to wearing tight clothing
- Sensitivity to touch
- Pain during urination
- Itching around the clitoris
- Associated symptoms of urinary tract infections
- Pain during or after sexual activity
- Inability to orgasm
- Pain during and/or after arousal and/or orgasm
- Feelings of persistent arousal (Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder)
How Pelvic Floor Therapy Treatment Can Help
If your pelvic floor muscles are tight, they might press on nearby nerves, affecting your clitoral area and leading to chronic pain and decreased blood flow. This nerve compression can make your clitoris particularly sensitive or painful. Moreover, any problems in these muscles can cause referred pain throughout your central nervous system, which means you feel the pain in your clitoris even though it starts somewhere else in your pelvic region.
These muscle imbalances can also throw off your pelvic alignment and disrupt its function, which might make activities, including sex, painful. Addressing these issues with treatments like manual therapy, specific exercises, and strategies for managing pain can significantly help soothe your clitoral discomfort and improve your pelvic health overall. By targeting both the symptoms and their root causes, our team provides a comprehensive approach to helping you heal and feel better.
How Pelvic Floor Therapy Treatment Can Help
If your pelvic floor muscles are tight, they might press on nearby nerves, affecting your clitoral area and leading to chronic pain and decreased blood flow. This nerve compression can make your clitoris particularly sensitive or painful. Moreover, any problems in these muscles can cause referred pain throughout your central nervous system, which means you feel the pain in your clitoris even though it starts somewhere else in your pelvic region.
These muscle imbalances can also throw off your pelvic alignment and disrupt its function, which might make activities, including sex, painful. Addressing these issues with treatments like manual therapy, specific exercises, and strategies for managing pain can significantly help soothe your clitoral discomfort and improve your pelvic health overall. By targeting both the symptoms and their root causes, our team provides a comprehensive approach to helping you heal and feel better.
What To Expect During Your Appointment
When you come in for your first appointment at PHRC, we’ll take a close look at your pelvic region to determine what might be causing your clitoral pain. We’ll discuss your sexual health, any past pelvic injuries, or medical conditions that could be affecting the area. This thorough assessment helps us pinpoint issues like nerve pain or broader pelvic pain that might be causing your clitoral pain.
During your treatment sessions, we’ll tailor a plan just for you, which might include specific exercises to strengthen the pelvic floor and hands-on therapies to reduce muscle tightness. Specialized physical therapy aimed at the pelvic muscles can significantly alleviate symptoms of clitoral pain, since pelvic floor physical therapy addresses the muscle spasms and tension that often contribute to clitoral discomfort.
We’ll also guide you on sexual arousal, how to engage in gentler sex, and how to manage your sexual activity to keep your symptoms from getting worse.
Our personalized care is all about making you feel better and helping you manage your health.
Treat Your Clitoral Pain Today
At PHRC, our goal is to provide compassionate and comprehensive care to help you manage and overcome clitoris pain. By understanding the underlying causes and providing targeted treatments, our goal is to improve your quality of life and restore your sexual health.
We also recognize the challenges some people might face in accessing in-person care, which is why we offer virtual sessions through telehealth after your initial consultation. These sessions allow for continuity of care and accessibility for those unable to travel to one of our clinics.
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