Pelvic girdle pain

Whilst yes in SOME cases the latter may be the case I don't think drs should easily dismiss it by saying "it's just hightened sensitivity" because in some cases it may not be and that can be dangerous

Yep! I was told it was due to being stressed and dissatisfied with work

@Rebecca did they do any kind of tests/exam to rule out a physiological issue? I'd be concerned if yet again we're being told "it's all in your head" without ruling anything else out first

@Bailey nope no exam all done via zoom - i got a set of exercises recommended and told I could be re referred if no improvement - assume at this stage they might have examined me

Exxxsquueeessseeee me?!?! So they just put it straight down to stress, no exam, no test, no NOTHING?? Genuinely I hope everything's okay and it's nothing to serious but I'm sick of them always going straight to that, cause this is how a lot of things get missed or diagnosed too late ((not saying that's the case for you but I hope you get my point))

The next paragraph on that page does then go on to say that the increased sensitivity can cause the body to function in a more protective way, causing muscles to feel tight and movement to feel stiff/painful. I work in the NHS in a neuro-rehab service where many patients have what's called neuropathic pain - this is where the nerves are over sensitised so even harmless sensory stimulation is experienced as pain. That's how I interpreted "turns up the sensitivity" on the Forth Valley page, rather than saying people are being psychologically over sensitive. It's maybe clumsily written but it doesn't read to me as if it's being blamed on stress and psychological factors.

@Sophie thanks for clarifying - I mentioned my pain to my midwife who was running late (somehow her appointment hadn’t updated and I was waiting 1.5 hours to be seen before she realised I wasn’t even on her list). Basically she said oh read the website and self-refer which felt very dismissive. And then when I’ve read that today about the sensitivity I’ve taken that as oh get over it 😂

Wow! I suffered severely with this in my first pregnancy and 2 years after birth also. I could barely walk some days and I just presumed nothing could be done until someone mentioned seeing an Osteopath and it's changed my life! Xx

@Sophie fair enough and I understand that, it's more of the not checking if it could be anything more serious that irritates me, I might be reading to much into it as someone whose been dismissed by drs for years, I fully appreciate that what you're saying can be the case and thank you for your medical viewpoint genuinely, I just think that sometimes drs are quick to dismiss things as "normal" when they're actually not ((not all of them but in my experience quite a fair few do))

Wow. When you see it written like that it does sound quite dismissive but this is my second time experiencing it in pregnancy - luckily my first pregnancy I didn’t have it at all - and I can validate that whatever causes it, it feels very fucking real. It’s driving me crazy atm too because my nesting instinct is in full swing but anytime I try and spend my day ticking things off my to do list I just end up hurting and sore. But anytime I try and rest my instinct is like, nope. Get up, get shit done. Funny how few times men get dismissed by “it’s psychological” compared to women…