groin pain?

[Anonymous]

Has anyone had groin pain after their pregnancy? I had a little bit on and off after Sarah was born. During my pregnancy with Hailey, I had a bit of a pubic symphysis separation and a lot of groin pain as she got bigger. After she was born, it didn’t go away though. I get sharp pains that are so severe that I almost start to cry and can’t move until they pass. I also have longer episodes for days where I can’t walk very well and sometimes can’t lift a leg well due to the pain. I told my GP and he said it was from the pubic symphysis and wrote me a referral for physio for a pubic symphysis strain. Well I’m an OT and work with tons of physios and they all said that there’s nothing they can do, maybe a bit of ultrasound… like I want someone ultrasounding my pubic symphysis!

If anyone else has gone though this, any suggestions would be appreciated. TIA.

[Anonymous]

Gosh I sure haven’t, but it sounds painful and uncomfortable! I hope you’re able to get some relief soon!

[hellbennt]

do you mean the pain/feeling when you’re pregnant and your ligaments get all loose and weird?

yikes!

[Anonymous]

yeah, Laura…. my ligaments got so loose that the two halves of my pelvis actually separated a bit where they connect at the pubic symphysis. So everytime I walked, my groin would hurt. It never went back all the way, and because the supporting ligaments stretched and didn’t return everything is kind of loose. I guess I’m the only one? I read that it happens in about 1 out of every 100 000 pregnancies.

[Anonymous]

Hmmm…I’ve never heard of pubic symphysis separation, but I know that I had awful groin pain with both my boys. The pressure on my pubic bone was almost unbearable by the end, and I would literally limp (not just the usual waddle!) around for the first couple of hours after I got up in the morning, and anytime after I had sat in one place for very long.

It went away almost immediately after my first son was born, but it took about 3 months after my second son was born before the pain was gone and I wasn’t so stiff feeling anymore. I’m sorry, I don’t have any advice for you — my pain certainly didn’t hang around as long as yours. But I hope you find some relief!!

[Anonymous]

Can you go to a Physical Therapist who specializes in womens health?? I know what you mean about not wanting a groin ultrasound, but I’ve done plenty of them– it’s kinda second nature…….. Okay that’s a scarey comment…..

[Anonymous]

Erica- I’m embarrased to ask, but how do you even do that? It doesn’t sound very sanitary. (Okay, I know I’m strange…)

[Anonymous]

With Isaac I had a problem where the bone separated and at the end it was so painful! When I sneezed or just when I was walking I would get this horrible popping feeling over and over. After I had him it never went away completely but was not so bad….now with this pregnancy I am already feeling the popping sensation so I know it is just a matter of time before the real pain begins. I don’t know if that is the same thing that you have b/c your pain sounds so much worse. I hope that you are able to get some relief from your pain

[Anonymous]

Sarah, that’s exactly what it felt like when I was preggo with Hailey. But now it’s much worse. Uggh!… I hope that yours doesn’t get worse. How are you feeling overall? How is Isaac?

[Anonymous]

I am feeling somewhat better now and I am so hoping that the nausea goes away soon. Isaac is starting to catch up in some developmental areas which is fantastic! He is seeing the feeding team at our local hospital now….they have done lots of tests and they are pretty confident that feeding issues are behavioral related to reflux.

How is Hailey doing?

I really hope that after I have this baby that the groin pain doesn’t get worse. I would really try going to therapy if it did but it doesn’t seem that there is much that they can do.

[Anonymous]

Lori-

They clean the ultrasound head just like you would any other piece of equipment that you use in that area. And they aren’t going to go into “that area” if ya get what I mean, they are just going to get to the general area.

But if you would go to see a GOOD PT that specializes in Women’s health and I don’t mean just someone who says it, I mean someone who can back it up with giving you answers, they can at least narrow down if they think that it is a muscle issue vs ligament or bone structure that is problematic.

Call around- if you have a research hospital somewhere nearby, they usually have someone like this.

It’s hard for me to totally get what you are saying is painful, but I get the general idea. I never had any pelvic or pain otherwise with my kiddos, so unless you’re standing in front of me pointing to the area, I’m a little blind.

It isn’t uncommon to do ultrasound in that area, but there may be manual techniques or some strengthening that may help. I would try to find someone with a womens health background.

[Anonymous]

Thanks Erica. I’ll call around. It’s pretty much painful right in the area of the inguinal ligament, but then there are very intense pain that pretty much cover the inguinal area as well as directly over the pubic symphysis. The pubic symphysis itself is painful to push on as well. I suspect that I likely have pelvic instability in general probably from ligamentous laxity, but I don’t know how to resolve that at this point. There is a women’s health clinic not too far from where I live. I’ll see if they have PT there. Thanks again.

[Anonymous]

I got where you’re pointing out now. Definately should be treatable somehow! I just didn’t know if it was more internal than that like pelvic floor.

I am not a womens health expert at all, I have very little knowledge, but I have worked with some women who are all very passionate about it. And that’s the good thing, there are usually only women who specialize in this….. Although my take on it is if you’ve seen one you’ve seen ’em all!! And believe me I’ve seen a lot, it’s kinda second nature! Okay, I think that’s the second time I’ve said that in this post, so maybe I’m a little too comfortable with it…….

It does take a long time for ligamentous structure to heal, it’s better to break a bone than stretch a ligament. Bones heal to be stronger than before, ligaments are just never the same. I’m thinking that’s why my hips just don’t fit in my pants like they did before…… That’s just the nature of having a baby of course.

Hope you find relief!

[Anonymous]

Thanks, Erica. My hips don’t fit into my pants anymore either… but I think that’s a whole different story.

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