Patent ID: 8224464

Claim:
An apparatus for treating pelvic pain, comprising: a rod having a straight portion at a first end of the rod and a first curved portion between the straight portion of the rod and a second end of the rod, the rod fabricated from a non-electrically conductive material; a handle member attached to the first end of the rod; a pressure applicator attached to the second end of the rod, wherein said pressure applicator is adapted to be inserted into a patient's body cavity for engagement with a myofascial trigger point, and the pressure applicator is between nine-sixteenths of an inch and one and one quarter inches in diameter; a stop that is adjustably disposed on the rod for adjustably restraining insertion of the pressure applicator into the body cavity, the stop having a flange that is engageable with an external surface of the patient's body, a collar that is disposed upon the rod such that the rod passes completely through the collar, the collar is connected to the flange such that the flange extends radially outward from the collar, and a positioning element provided on the collar, the positioning element moveable between an engaged position, where the positioning element engages the rod to restrain movement of the platform with respect to the rod, and a disengaged position, where the positioning element does not engage the rod and does not restrain movement of the stop with respect to the rod.