Muscle spasms can be extremely painful. When we think about muscle spasms, we often think it is located in the back, arms, or the legs. Muscle spasms can actually occur anywhere in the body that is covered with muscle. The heart, for example, is a muscle that can go into spasms that we classify as a heart attack. But what about vaginismus? What muscle does it affect?
Vaginismus is an extremely distressing and humiliating condition where the muscles of the vagina involuntarily contract and block the passage. The muscle spasm is located in the pelvic floor muscles surrounding the vagina and cannot be controlled by the sufferer. It may or may not cause discomfort, burning, or pain but it may affect a woman’s ability to engage in any form of vaginal penetration, including sexual penetration, insertion of tampons, and the penetration involved in gynecological examinations. It can suddenly occur in women even after years of engaging in sexual intercourse but can also occur in sexually inexperienced women. Sometimes this can be the cause of non-consummation in marriages. This can be classified as a sexual disorder with psychological causes such as past sexual trauma or...