Tailbone Pain/Coccydynia

Pain in your Tailbone is also called coccydynia. Pain from an injured tailbone can range from mild to intense. The pain can get worse when you sit down, stand up from a chair, or when you lean back while sitting.

You can also feel soreness when you use the bathroom or have sex. Women may feel discomfort during their period. Sometimes, the pain can shoot all the way down your legs. Standing or walking should relieve the pressure on your tailbone and ease discomfort.

Causes:
Your tailbone might have started hurting after sitting on a hard bench or other uncomfortable surface for a long period of time. Falls and other traumas can bruise, dislocate, or break your tailbone.
Joint damage from repetitive motions or general wear and tear from aging can also contribute to tailbone pain.
During the last trimester of pregnancy, the ligaments connected to and around the coccyx naturally loosen to make room for the baby. That’s why women are about five times prone than men.
You’re also more prone to tailbone problems if you’re overweight. However, if you lose the weight quickly, you’ll lose the padding that protects your tailbone and may be more likely to injure it. In rare cases, the cause of coccyx pain may be an infection or tumor.


Physiotherapy Management:


-Sit bath: To loosen all tight/Stiff muscles because of pain.

 
-Special Cushion: To prevent future friction or pressure on affected area.

 
-Posture Corrections: To avoid pressure on affected area.

 
-Local Ultrasonic: This helps to reduce inflammation & inhance healing process.

 
-IFT/TENS: This increases local circulation to inhance healing process. Also reduces pain.

 
-Stretching Exercises: To correct imbalance & to loosen up the tight Muscles.

 
-Strengthening Exercises: this also plays a key role as to provide the stability, strengthen the involved area & divert the weight bearing areas.

 
Average recovery time is 3 weeks to 6 weeks.

Apart from all this one can also suggest for Anti-inflammatory medicines, Local steroids or Surgery.

 
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