Sexology
From Pain to Pleasure: Transformative Steps for Sexual Wellness
with Dr. Nazanin Moali, Episode 490
May 12, 2026
Why so many people in real pain during sex are told everything looks normal, and what a muscle and nerve driven workup finds that standard testing misses.
I joined Dr. Nazanin Moali on Sexology to talk about pain during sex, and specifically about the patients who get told that everything looks normal.
That phrase does real damage. Standard imaging and labs are not built to see muscle tone, trigger points, or nerve irritation, so a workup can come back clean while the pain is entirely real and entirely explainable.
We walked through what an integrative pain workup looks for instead, how pelvic floor dysfunction produces symptoms people do not associate with muscle at all, and the steps that move someone from managing pain toward actually having a sex life again.
Listen to the episode here: