Pudendal neuralgia has many causes (etiologic factors). They include:

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•  Prolonged sitting such as an office job - for months or years can cause damage to pudendal nerve (PN) and pelvic floor

•  Chronic Constipation - straining for months or years can cause damage to PN and pelvic floor

•  Cycling - for months or years can cause damage to PN and pelvic floor

•  Horse riding - for months or years can cause damage to PN and pelvic floor

•  Pudendal nerve entrapment (PNE) - PN is compressed internally - See submenu for explanation

•  Fitness exercises, machines, leg presses, weight lifting with squats, activities that target the hip flexors, and karate
  with kickboxing

•  Mesh surgery transvaginal

•  Childbirth (stretches the nerve)

•  Trauma (falling)

•  Antibiotics (Fluoroquinolones)

•  Cancer

•  Surgeries such as prostatectomy

•  Tumors (benign)

•  Tarlov cysts

•  Infections

•  Scar tissue

•  Joint Hypermobility (possible)

•  Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS/HSD) (possible)

•  Sometimes no cause is found - Idiopathic

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