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[Minusminnie]

Thanks for reply. I’m going to start with more walking & see how that goes.
I will get some professional advice before attempting any running but at the moment can’t see myself doing it.

[Ayesha]

I just thought I would mention this here as there is talk of exercise in the thread.
I had come to the conclusion that Vagifem had stopped working because a flare up was lasting too long but it coincided with what I now know is sciatica, the first time I have ever suffered with it. Because of where the nerve is situated it of course affected the whole surrounding area making anyone who suffers with Vaginal Atrophy sciatica will make the condition worse. The only thing that helped me was to increase my Vagifem dose to two a day and that gave me instant relief.

The sciatica is now calming down as is the VA symptoms and I am back to my usual one a day but I thought I would mention it, perhaps an exercise that includes the piriformis muscle might be a good preventative measure for the future for anyone with VA.

[Minusminnie]

My VA and vulva pain has compromised the Obturator Internus muscle which has tightened according to one physio I saw. I can also feel that it has.

Nerve irritation will cause surrounding muscles to tighten in defence. The more irritated the nerves tighter the muscle.

VA is the nerve irritation followed by the muscle tightening more so if the VA gets worse.

Excercise for me now is walking. Running would probably now be too pounding and riding a bike no good either.

[Ayesha]

I could never run with this condition, VA but walking is very good particularly for sciatica and I expect other conditions involving nerves and muscles.
The only time I ever ran was for a bus, that was hundreds of years ago it feels 

[Minusminnie]

The only time I ever ran was for a bus, that was hundreds of years ago it feels 

  Sounds like our bus service.