The Vulval Pain Society

Resources, practical advice and information for people living with vulval pain, families, healthcare providers and the wider public

About the Vulval Pain Society

What is the vulva?

What is the vulva, and how is it different from the vagina?

Vulvodynia and other vulval pain conditions

All about vulvodynia, vestibulodynia and other types of vulval pain.

Finding a vulval clinic

How to go about accessing an NHS vulval clinic to diagnose and treat vulval pain.

Get support

Looking for help for vulvodynia or vulval pain? This section shows the various ways to access treatment, plus lists of support groups and links to information and resources.

Get support

Personal experiences of vulvodynia

Read about patients' personal stories of vulvodynia and vestibulodynia.

Personal experiences

Research

What do we know about vulvodynia and vulval pain? Find out about vulval pain research, past and present, including studies which are currently looking for participants.

Find out about research

Latest News & Events

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Take part in a study on sexual pain

Do you want to take part in research? The University of Oxford's ROSES study on sexual pain wants to hear about people's experience of sexual pain conditions. The research involves filling in an online questionnaire about your pain symptoms and how you feel about your body. Follow the link below for further details.

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Watch the recording of our livestream ‘Challenges and Changes to Identity in Chronic Pelvic Pain’

When:

31 October 2024, 7.00pm GMT

Where:

On our Facebook page and YouTube channel

OUR GUEST: Lisa Pye, Psychology PhD student at the University of Buckingham

We chatted with PhD researcher Lisa Pye at on Thursday 31 October.

Find out more about Lisa’s current research, in which she answered the following questions:

  • What is the link between pain and identity?
  • How do people with chronic pelvic pain experience challenges to their identity?
  • How could future research support people in managing identity challenges?

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Download our leaflet on vulval pain

Our leaflet on vulval pain, including vulvodynia, vestibulodynia and other vulval pain conditions. The PDF should be printed on both sides of the same A4 sheet and then folded into three sections.

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