[quote]BackInAction wrote:
Now you know why I have little respect for doctors.
The reason why you got better was not because the cipro, but because you stopped training and stressing the pelvic floor. Returning to training resulted in the pelvic floor becoming tense again. The reason why the heating bad helps is because it relaxes this area.
If you decide to go to any more doctors, I would make them TELL YOU WHY YOU ARE TAKING THAT MEDICATION. If they can’t give a good answer, don’t follow their advice. Doctors aren’t holy men, they are simply “bodily technicians” that are guessing what is wrong with you based on the limited time (often minutes) they spend with you.
If I were you, I would follow my original advice which would be to lay off exercise for awhile and work on mobility. Once your pelvic floor muscles loosen up a bit, you can slowly start adding exercises back in. If the doctors haven’t discovered anything, most likely this is the result of a tight pelvic floor. Think about it: Why would training make it worse and the heating pad make it better? If it was an infection or inflammation, that wouldn’t be the case (heat would make it worse).
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My respect for doctors is almost nonexistent too, believe me!
Can you recommend a good mobility book, dvd or program to follow?
You’re absolutely right about the inflammation or infection. There was none and my GP has now admitted to that.
Here’s an update: I went to urologist a couple days ago and he ruled out prostate issues. He said he’s not qualified to diagnose me so I’m being sent to a sports medicine doctor. Then possibly to a nerve pain management doctor and a physical therapist. The urologist speculated it’s either a pudendal nerve issue, sports hernia or muscle issue.
I agree with BackInAction and BushidoBadboy that this sounds like a muscular problem. When I work out, my muscles are warm and I’m actually in no pain! It’s very deceiving because it’s not until a couple hours after I get home and I’m relaxing does the cramping sensation and cold gentalia set in. Then I’m sitting there reaching for the heating pad, trying to figure out what I did in the gym to exacerbate the pain. I’m not an expert but if this was a nerve impingement wouldn’t I be in pain WHILE training? On the other hand a warm muscle is less apt to be in pain.
I have little or no pain when I’m walking, standing, working out, lying down or doing stretches. The only time I really get the worst pain is when I’m sitting, (except on the toilet). I picked up a prostate seat with a heating element and a magnet in it. It’s been a big help. PM me if anyone wants the name. So sitting and inactivity = tension and coldness.
I haven’t been able to bring myself to stop training altogether. I keep trying to work around it by cutting out a lot of exercises. Right now I’m not working hamstrings, quads, glutes, abs or lower back, (however I’m stretching them for an hour a day). I’m training chest, upper back, arms and calves and trying to stay away from anything where I have to brace my weight with my legs. For example I’m doing dips as opposed to overhead tricep extensions. I may very likely have to take a lifting layoff but I just wanted to see if this would work. So far my pain is half what it was last month when still worked legs but it’s not going away yet.
That brings me to a theory on how I find myself with this problem in the first place - workout plans that created muscular imbalances. Let me know if this makes sense; My leg program consisted of a lot of squat variations, however I never varied the stance. It was always a wide stance and my adductors, hamstrings and glutes would be very sore the next day. Consequently they are greatly overdeveloped while my abductors and quads are undeveloped and have no sweep. My abs are overstretched with an anterior pelvic tilt. My lower back and hips are overdeveloped and tight. Could all this muscle imbalance be the cause? And if it is the cause could I strengthen certain muscle groups to pull my structure into proper alignment and possibly relieve the pressure causing the pain? For instance if I stopped working lower back and just stretched it a lot, while at the same time working my abs hard.
Paul Chek is less than an hour drive from me. I don’t know much about his methods yet, but I’ve heard a lot of people mentioning him on these boards. Do you think I should give his office a call?