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How To Get Rid Of Pain Around Tailbone?

Fell on tailbone 3 weeks ago and I am still experiencing pain surrounding tailbone. There was no bruising of any sort and was painful to sit, lay down, walk up or down stairs, basically anything I did involved pain. After a week and a half the swelling went away and a popping sound from my tailbone area began to happen as I sat up or down, shifting my weight, bending of any sort and it is always painful. The pain is getting worse as time goes on and is become more difficult to do any physical activity like getting outta bed for one. Please help.
posted on Sat, 15 Mar 2014
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Hello,
Thanks for your query.
First, make sure your doctor have checked for rare tumors and infections in the lower back that can trigger similar symptoms. More often, the problem stems from sprained tailbone ligaments. The physical stress of sitting can eventually cause similar damage if you're overweight. If not, the pain may stem from an otherwise benign bone growth on the end of the tailbone. Mild pain can usually be soothed by taking anti-inflammatory drug such as aspirin or ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin), sitting erect, or sitting on a donut-shaped pillow. But severe pain will probably require stronger treatment. A combination of massage(preceded by a local-anesthetic injection) plus corticosteroid injections usually pacifies the pain.
I do hope that you have found something helpful and I will be glad to answer any further query.
Take care
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How To Get Rid Of Pain Around Tailbone?

Hello, Thanks for your query. First, make sure your doctor have checked for rare tumors and infections in the lower back that can trigger similar symptoms. More often, the problem stems from sprained tailbone ligaments. The physical stress of sitting can eventually cause similar damage if you re overweight. If not, the pain may stem from an otherwise benign bone growth on the end of the tailbone. Mild pain can usually be soothed by taking anti-inflammatory drug such as aspirin or ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin), sitting erect, or sitting on a donut-shaped pillow. But severe pain will probably require stronger treatment. A combination of massage(preceded by a local-anesthetic injection) plus corticosteroid injections usually pacifies the pain. I do hope that you have found something helpful and I will be glad to answer any further query. Take care