Feeling like you have a ball or a lump in your anus? It may be do to the following reasons: ✅pudendal neuralgia - due to the irritation of the inferior rectal branch of your pudendal nerve, compression of this nerve can lead to hypersensitivity and tightness of the muscles that are innervated by it. ✅constipation - due to tight sphincters or puborectalis, hard feces can remain stuck in the rectum. ✅levator ani syndrome - due to severely tight muscles of your levator ani muscles, the same muscles