Is There Any Treatment For Fracture Of Coccyx Bone?

Posted on Sun, 21 Jul 2013

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Question : Is there any treatment if you hit your coxis bone and chip a bone?

Answered by Dr. Dr. Shruti Rijhwani (20 minutes later)

Dear madam,

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Well looking into the history that you are giving I see that you have fracture your coccyx that is tail bone .

There is no particular guidelines for the treatment of fracture , it is generally individualised according to the fracture severity . The goal is to manage the pain until the bone heals by is own . Due to the location of the coccyx and large number of muscles attached , immobilization of coccyx is very difficult.

Steroid injections or surgery may be considered if extreme pain persists. Surgery is not successful but in rare cases coccygectomy can be undertaken . Usually pain gradually disappears but the pain lasts even after the bone is healed .

I advise you to see an orthopaedician and get yourself evaluated for the severity of fracture so that it can be tackled accordingly .

Take care.

Dr. Shruti

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