SL,

Let us know what the gynecologist says. That's actually where my saga began. During PT for the lumbar the PT had me to stop immediately it hurt so bad. She told me to get to my ob/gyn asap. And that I did...that's when the female issues were discovered. She, then, referred me to an expert...a great Urogyn that really knows his stuff! HOWEVER, I still had the lumbar/sacral issues to deal with. The Urogyn was the one that said BESIDES the female problems, I had nerve damage and to try to get that calmed down first BEFORE doing anything else. So, I had an RF of the L4/L5/S1, sacroilliac injection, coccyx injection and this was all over the space of a year! When that all FINALLY calmed down is when I went into pelvic floor PT...this past summer. Anyway, I know I may be mixing apples and oranges here as your situation is different. So, what the Urogyn explained was...in simple terms...the nerves of course innervate the muscles. The muscles were actually pulling apart, not cupped as they should be and all of this, he felt, was from nerve damage in my lumbar/sacral area. I took what he had to say and after extensive testing (reports) to my spinal PM. He was in definite agreement and told me to proceed with PT. It DID help with the incontinence bit. I noticed after a few visits that I was not having that problem much anymore plus I was not urinating as frequently...normal...but not as frequent as I had been. I need to go back though as I was supposed to have two months of this. It is just that my Urogyn wants a follow up appt and that is next month or in January. Anyway, there was a whole lot more involved as well since I also had sciatic type of pain. But, boy, trying to get this ALL figured out took a LOT of time. Hang in there and let us know what you find out.