Sitting pain: perineum, pudendal nerve, tailbone — answers to your questions
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Which cushion for pudendal neuralgia?
U-shaped, ring, cutout channel, soft or firm, one-sided pain: the criteria to compare.My perineum hurts when I sit: what could it be?
Possible causes, warning signs and first landmarks.What are the signs of pudendal neuralgia?
The Nantes criteria and what can produce similar signs.Why does sitting make perineal pain worse?
Pressure, internal compression, hypertonia, immobility, asymmetry.Can stress make pudendal neuralgia worse?
The protective contraction of the pelvic floor and what helps it release.Perineal, tailbone or sit bone pain: how can you tell?
Telling the areas apart and what the seat must do for each.Why does an ordinary seat keep the pain going when you sit?
Concentrated pressure, fixed supports, effort to hold yourself up.How is your weight distributed when you sit?
Sit bones, perineum, tailbone: where the load goes and where it shifts.Should a seat be stable or mobile?
Fixed supports, permanent balance or instability.Why does your body need micro-movements when you sit?
What research says about fascia and what independent supports change.What is an adaptable seat?
Posture, tissues, sensations, duration: four levels to compare.What is a balanced dynamic seat on independent supports?
Definition, how it works and the limits of this seating category.How does the Aporia seat work?
ExoBase, four independent supports, firmness levels: what it does and what it does not do.The analyses in this Knowledge Base are published by Blue Portance and draw in particular on the SBNFA™ framework. They also explain the principles of the balanced dynamic seat on independent supports, implemented in Aporia® seating solutions.
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