Conservative Care for Pelvic Pain (C2P2) in Women Service Members

Exclusion Criteria

• •1. Sign that pelvic pain may be due to other serious medical issue (recent history of abdominal pelvic surgery, current infection, disrupted tissue integrity, neoplasm, or history of radiation to the pelvic floor tissue or the tissues being measured for stiffness).
• •2. Chronic debilitating medical conditions (e.g., fibromyalgia, lupus, complex regional pain syndrome, multiple sclerosis or other progressive neurologic condition).
• •3. Currently pregnant or pregnancy in the last 6 months.
• •4. Body mass index over 33 (Waco participants only due to limitation of the instrumentation).
• •5. Soldiers in an Advanced Individual Training (AIT) status.
• •6. Previous intervention to address lumbopelvic muscle stiffness or pain such as dry needling, injections, or soft tissue intervention of any kind in the past 6 months.
• •7. Inability to read English at an 8th grade reading level (any participant unable to read the informed consent form, which will be written at an 8th grade level).
• •8. Inability to legally provide informed consent for any other reason.