Tailbone Pain
Raquel, a young woman, came into our office with complaints of headaches, tailbone pain, and low and mid back pain. Her numbers on a pain scale from 0-10 ranged around 5-6. It was affecting her daily life in many ways including sitting and standing for periods of time. Her job also included traveling, so long drive and plan trips were becoming increasingly difficult for her. Raquel saw her regular medical doctor for the pain she was having who ordered x-rays of her tailbone area. According to her doctor, nothing out of the ordinary was found, which left Raquel searching for help elsewhere. She decided to come to our office. Dr. Chris also took some x-rays and did find some areas of misalignment’s in the low back which were causing pinching of the nerves in the low back and tailbone area. This was causing inflammation and irritation on a daily basis, which was directly affecting her tailbone pain. Raquel was put on a care plan that included regular adjustments, postural rehabilitation, and disc decompression therapy. After just six short months, Raquel’s pain numbers have decreased to 0’s and 1’s, she notes she is “feeling a lot better”, she doesn’t get migraine headaches anymore, “she can sit for long periods of time” without pain, especially driving or while on an airplane. Raquel is a great patient of ours and wants to share her success story with tailbone pain with everyone!
Tailbone pain, also known as Coccydynia, can be uncomfortable to unbearable. Your coccyx, or tailbone, is the small triangular bone at the bottom of your spinal column and pain can arise from an injury, prolonged sitting, carrying extra weight, the anatomy of your bone, or pregnancy. This bone actually plays an important part in your body. It helps steady you when you sit down and it supports your weight. It’s also where many tendons, ligaments and muscles in your body connect. So when you are having pain and inflammation in your tailbone, it can interfere with many of your daily routines.
What are the Symptoms of Tailbone Pain?
Symptoms of tailbone pain include a dull ache or a sharp, piercing pain in the low back area around the tailbone. This pain usually increases when you go from sitting to standing. Discomfort can be noted when sitting on a hard surface, standing for long periods, and the tailbone area may be tender to the touch. There can be swelling or bruising and sometimes radiating pain to the hips, thighs, or buttocks area.
What Kind of Problems Arise from Tailbone Pain?
Tailbone pain can lead to chronic back pain and can also develop into sciatica, sleep disorders, and even anxiety and depression. Nerve issues like numbness and tingling are often common. You may experience pain during sex or when you go to the bathroom. Tailbone pain can affect everyday life and become debilitating.
How Does Chiropractic Help?
Chiropractic can relieve tailbone pain by finding misalignments in the tailbone and surrounding spine which may be contributing to pain. Regular spinal adjustments promote proper muscle function and tissue healing. Soft tissue massage around the tailbone area improves range of motion and relaxes inflamed muscles. This all can release tension and restore proper function in the tailbone area.
What Does Macomb Township Chiropractic Offer?
We offer state of the art treatment for Tailbone pain that includes chiropractic biophysics. Combining both manual spinal adjustments and postural rehabilitation, we not only seek to stop your pain, but find and correct the source of it. Our office also offers massage beds, heat and ice therapy, nerve gun therapy, postural traction, and our disc decompression table. With an individualized care plan geared to your tail bone pain, we can stop your pain once in for all!
