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Persistent pelvic pain

Learn more about persistent pelvic pain (chronic pelvic pain), including how it develops, where you can get help and what you can do to manage your pain.

What is persistent pelvic pain?

Per­sis­tent pelvic pain (PPP) is pain in your pelvis, or low­er abdomen, that is felt most days and lasts for more than 6 months. The pain can be short term, last­ing from a few days to a few weeks, or it can become per­sis­tent or chron­ic. Some­times the pain is a symp­tom of oth­er con­di­tions, but it can also become a con­di­tion of its own. This type of pain is com­plex and can be influ­enced by many things, for exam­ple, phys­i­cal health con­di­tions, sleep qual­i­ty, mood and work envi­ron­ment. Per­sis­tent pelvic pain is quite com­mon. It affects about one in 4 women and may be even more com­mon in young women. On these pages, you’ll find more infor­ma­tion about what you may expe­ri­ence with per­sis­tent pelvic pain.

What contributes to persistent pelvic pain?

Per­sis­tent pelvic pain is a com­plex con­di­tion. On this page, you’ll learn about phys­i­cal, psy­cho­log­i­cal and social fac­tors that can con­tribute to this type of pain.

Getting help for persistent pelvic pain

Everyone’s expe­ri­ence of per­sis­tent pelvic pain is dif­fer­ent. Some people’s pain gets bet­ter with­out treat­ment. Oth­ers need to work at reduc­ing their pain over time. On this page, you’ll find infor­ma­tion about how per­sis­tent pelvic pain is diag­nosed and which health pro­fes­sion­als can help you man­age your pain.

Learning about pain

On this page, you’ll learn more about pain. Research sug­gests that learn­ing about pain can lead to a grad­ual reduc­tion in pain.

Managing persistent pelvic pain

On this page, you’ll learn prac­ti­cal ways to man­age your per­sis­tent pelvic pain.

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This con­tent has been reviewed by a group of med­ical sub­ject mat­ter experts, in accor­dance with Jean Hailes pol­i­cy.

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