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Suggest Remedy To Relieve Pain In Tailbone Due To Injury

broke tailbone 9 years ago, and the pain is still so severe after sitting , i can hardly get up... any suggestions? also, electric shocks down my arm and tinkling and numbness in my right wrist and arm, had a flake fracture 4 years ago, and feel it never healed?
posted on Fri, 22 Aug 2014
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Sorry to hear about your tailbone pain. Tail bone pain, also known as coccydynia, can be quite debilitating. I would suggest obtaining x-rays of the sacrum and coccyx and then seeing a interventional pain physician. Many times a procedure known as a ganglion impar block can help reduce the pain from coccydynia. If the block helps but is of short duration you may be a candidate for ganglion impar radiofrequency thermocoagulation ( burning the nerves of the ganglion impar). these procedures are safe, take a short time, and are all outpatient based. Good luck to you and i hope this answer helps.
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Suggest Remedy To Relieve Pain In Tailbone Due To Injury

Sorry to hear about your tailbone pain. Tail bone pain, also known as coccydynia, can be quite debilitating. I would suggest obtaining x-rays of the sacrum and coccyx and then seeing a interventional pain physician. Many times a procedure known as a ganglion impar block can help reduce the pain from coccydynia. If the block helps but is of short duration you may be a candidate for ganglion impar radiofrequency thermocoagulation ( burning the nerves of the ganglion impar). these procedures are safe, take a short time, and are all outpatient based. Good luck to you and i hope this answer helps.