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Suggest Treatment For Impaired Tailbone And Dizziness After Injury

I was pushed onto cement and landed on my the back of my head an back. This was two weeks ago. I felt very dizzy for the first two days, and slept almost two full days. Then started feeling better but still get dizzy if I look up. More importantly, it feels like my tailbone over the last week is impaired. I have to take Motrin constantly and cannot even bend over. Would it take two weeks for this to show up? Or is it something completely unrelated? I am still completely exhausted. Not sure what to do?
posted on Sat, 31 May 2014
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hi,

thank-you for providing the brief history of you.

as you mentioned you had a fall and injured your back and the impact was also on the head, a thorough neuromuscular assessment is guided.

What is your age and need to know as it makes some input here. also as you fell on your hip region, there might be a soft tissue inflammation which can be assessed by a Neuromuscular assessment and also an MRI of the lumbar spine which will expose the tail bone too. In such cases either it is a soft tissue Injury or a small fracture which becomes unnoticed as well. so getting and MRI with the complete neuromuscular assessment will help us to assist you further.

Also for dizziness we need to check the cervical spine by a complete neuromuscular assessment post which if needed an MRI of cervical spine or the brain might be needed to help us assist you further.

Usually, if the symptoms subside in 24-48 hours it is not a worry but if it is prolonging for more than a week or so, getting neuromuscular assessment and MRI will be helpful. Injury in the early stages are easier to assist than on a later stages. Hope you understand that - prevention is better than a cure.

Regards
Jay Indravadan Patel
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Suggest Treatment For Impaired Tailbone And Dizziness After Injury

hi, thank-you for providing the brief history of you. as you mentioned you had a fall and injured your back and the impact was also on the head, a thorough neuromuscular assessment is guided. What is your age and need to know as it makes some input here. also as you fell on your hip region, there might be a soft tissue inflammation which can be assessed by a Neuromuscular assessment and also an MRI of the lumbar spine which will expose the tail bone too. In such cases either it is a soft tissue Injury or a small fracture which becomes unnoticed as well. so getting and MRI with the complete neuromuscular assessment will help us to assist you further. Also for dizziness we need to check the cervical spine by a complete neuromuscular assessment post which if needed an MRI of cervical spine or the brain might be needed to help us assist you further. Usually, if the symptoms subside in 24-48 hours it is not a worry but if it is prolonging for more than a week or so, getting neuromuscular assessment and MRI will be helpful. Injury in the early stages are easier to assist than on a later stages. Hope you understand that - prevention is better than a cure. Regards Jay Indravadan Patel