Another treatment option is the use of trigger point injections to control pelvic pain.
Pelvic floor trigger point injections.
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Trigger point injections are recommended as a treatment for pain flares or for patients with pelvic floor myofascial spasm with tender trigger points who are unable to tolerate physical therapy.
Trigger point injection process.
An underutilized treatment for chronic pelvic pain.
Ultrasound is a safe non invasive technology that helps pinpoint the muscle locations requiring relief.
Ultrasound guided trigger point injections can be an important part of pelvic floor treatment.
Single or multiple trigger point s 1 or 2 muscle s 20553 injection s.
Injections typically consist of local anesthetics and a steroid.
Levator ani trigger point injections.
If physical therapy doesn t effectively reduce pain trigger point injections may offer effective pain relief.
Single or multiple trigger point s 3 or more muscles.
A total of four injections are given over four weeks.
Trigger point injections involve the infiltration of muscles with an anesthetic solution sometimes with steroids as anti inflammatories which is useful in identifying the exact location of the pain and simultaneously relieving the pain.
A mixture of a numbing medication anesthetic and an anti inflammatory steroid medication is injected in the tender muscles in the pelvic floor.
Trigger points can be the cause of sexual pain in women and ejaculatory pain in men.