Pain is one the most intriguing and frequent symptom of diseases, above all when it appears without an easily identifiable anatomic pathological substratum. Widespread or located chronic pain upsets the person's life whose quality is significantly affected. Chronic pelvic pain syndrome is a conundrum that may be only partly explained; it is relatively common and etiologically related with more than a hundred diseases (infectious and/or inflammatory) perceived in structures related to the pelvis. "Add to that a general lack of exercise, poor diet, and an overall increase in peoples' weight. With 61 percent of the population overweight (and 27 percent of that group diagnosed as clinically obese), it should be no surprise that this degree of increased weight causes more stress and strain on the pelvis and those articulations that we use when standing, walking, and running.1 Patients also expose themselves to a variety of traumas that often do not heal properly, leading to osteoarthritis, fibrotic joint capsules, and myofascial trigger points."13 For the emergence frequency and for its relationship with the pelvic organs, the pelvic pain and the low back pain can be considered a multifaceted problem, with investigation requiring a multidisciplinary approach involving professionals of several areas, so they should be of the obligatory interest of the proctologist.
Pelvic pain; Low back pain; Pelvic pain syndrome; Proctalgia fugax; Spastic pelvic floor; Idiopathic anal pain
