title: Chronic pelvic pain arising from dysfunctional stabilizing muscles of the hip joint and pelvis.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School and Hospital, Gwangju, Korea.
authors.forename: Dae Wook
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School and Hospital, Gwangju, Korea.
authors.forename: Chang Hun
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical & Rehabilitation Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School and Hospital, Gwangju, Korea.
authors.forename: Jae Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Han
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School and Hospital, Gwangju, Korea.
authors.forename: Woong Mo
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Kim
keywords: Chronic pelvic pain; Gluteus minimus; Iliopsoas; Obturator externus; Pectineus; Piriformis; TPI