Bruised Tailbone....anybody ever have this....a ?

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I will try to keep it short.

Injured my back in December while training for a marathon. Rest allowed it to heal. Ran marathon pain free (from the back). When I restarted running--back issues again. Have been in physical therapy and the only thing they can figure is weak core muscles. Pain is practically exclusive to the sacrum/tail bone region--unless a flair up, then it involves muscles and such. The continued pain for the most part--feels like it is involving bone only. With PT, I have been able to run--and even ran 6 miles last Sunday pain free.

Then I got rear ended on Monday--in what would equate to an estimated 20-30mph crash. My pain scale from Monday to today went from about a 6-7...and now we are at a 2-3 (before accident, I was at 0-1). Day by day--we went from intense burning, to intense throbbing, to throbbing, to aching--and now just a real pain in the tail bone that I guess would still be achy. It was hurting from sitting, driving, driving over speed bumps (ouch!). It was improving--but is acting up again.

I have been without diagnosis as to what exactly would be causing this pain. Initial X-rays & MRI are negative...got X-rays following the accident, but assuming negative since I was never called with the results (no news is good news).

I'm wondering if all of this--is a bruised tailbone.

Any ideas on this? I'm a freak of science--they don't know what causes the pain!

 

[GoofyPrincess]

I broke my tailbone a couple of months ago, so I feel your pain (literally!). I sympathize with how much it hurts - and how inconvenient it is. When I went to the doctor, I was told that there is really nothing they can do since they can't put my butt in a cast.

They did give me a lot of wonderful narcotics for the pain and I spent about a week in a drug-induced haze. After that it got better more quickly and I was totally off the drugs in about three weeks (a few weeks short of the six they told me it would be). If it is bruised, the most you can do is stay off of it and let it heal. You should feel 99% better in 4-6 weeks. If not, I'd go back and have them do more tests.

Sorry I don't have anythign better to suggest! Good Luck!

 

[poohandwendy]

I fractured my tailbone when I was 13...very painful and takes forever to heal, it seems. It still gives me trouble every now and again (mostly just really achy). What you describe is how the I felt. I also noticed that if I sat on the floor with my back at an angle against a wall, the pressure on my tailbone was very painful. (It's better sitting straight up (even slightly forward) or way reclined than at a slight angle) It's a real pain in the ****, KWIM

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I know it is not fractured (at least before Monday--haven't had a follow up MRI).

When you say tailbone--does that include your sacrum area--or more closer to the tip in the coccyx area.

I'm willing to bet that it is bruised, especially since we have had no other explainable diagnosis--I bought a childrens float/tubey thing to sit on--I already popped it once (I think I must have sat near something sharp--b/c the hole is nowhere near a seam). I taped it and reinflated and sitting on it----It still hurts, but feels better.

I had 2 treatments of elec stim and that got rid of the burning/throbbing sensations that were all over the lower back.

 

[poohandwendy]

When you say tailbone--does that include your sacrum area--or more closer to the tip in the coccyx area.

Yes, although sometimes the pain was more localized in the coccyx area. But generally the entire area hurt. It still does sometimes. Depends on the way I sit and how long in one position. It really was painful during my pregnancies.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

Yes, although sometimes the pain was more localized in the coccyx area. But generally the entire area hurt. It still does sometimes. Depends on the way I sit and how long in one position. It really was painful during my pregnancies.

OUCH--I had that my first pregnancy. If there were a coccyx removal surgery--I would have signed up---sitting down and standing up--EXCRUTIATING...at least it doesn't hurt in that way. Enough to make a woman cry, I tell ya!

 

[poohandwendy]

LOL, sorry Lisa, but I need to get away from this thread. Not sure if it is just talking about it or the way I am sitting...but I swear my tailbone is starting to ache.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

LOL, sorry Lisa, but I need to get away from this thread. Not sure if it is just talking about it or the way I am sitting...but I swear my tailbone is starting to ache.

LOL--sorry about that

 

[Serena]

I'm sure I bruised mine a couple years ago. It took all winter to not hurt. It's fine now, but boy it was a literal pain in my rear.