Friday 5 August 2022 04:52 PM Orgasm pain: Woman, 34, suffered 'insidious' foot pain whenever she climaxed trends now
Anyone with chronic pain knows there are certain triggers — moving too suddenly, eating the wrong thing or a change in temperature.
But doctors have revealed how a Canadian woman was blighted with 'sharp', sudden agony in her foot every time she had an orgasm.
During what is meant to be one of the most pleasurable sensations a person can feel, the 34-year-old endured 20 seconds of constant hurt.
She told doctors about the phenomenon after five months, when it started to ruin her and her husband's sex life and put stress on their marriage.
The patient was found to have a compressed nerve in her pelvis that ran down her leg to the arch of her foot that was activated when she climaxed.
Sometimes known as a 'trapped' or 'pinched' nerve, it occurs when the fibres are pressed by surrounding tissue, causing pain, tingling or numbness.
The woman, from Vancouver, was referred to a physiotherapist who was able to cure her bizarre ailment in three months through various exercises.
But she suffered long-term psychological damage and went to sex therapy with her husband to rekindle their ailing love life.
A 34-year-old woman from Canada suffered 'sharp' pain in the arch of her right foot whenever she orgasmed
The tale was revealed in the medical journal Sexual Medicine.
The woman was referred to a gynaecologist where she complained of sharp
