Tailbone Pain Treatment in Delhi

In tailbone pain or coccydynia, there is pain in the lower end of the spine or in between the buttocks and the lower end of the tailbone. It is due to inflammation of the coccyx or tailbone.

The causes for tailbone pain or coccydynia are:

• Falling over buttocks or injury to Tailbone area
• Sitting for long time on a hard surface or seat without a cushion
• Playing sports like cycling or boating for long hours
• Driving or sitting for long hours, especially in two or three wheelers
• After childbirth or during pregnancy
• Cause not known; in a few cases, the cause is not known
• Infection and rarely tumor

The symptoms of tailbone pain or coccydynia include:

• Pain in the tailbone, which can be dull to severe
• Pain after sitting for a long time or standing from standing and sometimes even during walking
• Pain in the Tailbone region and doesn’t travel to another area
• Pain using washrooms or defecation
• Pain during sleeping on back
• Pain during sex

You should consult the surgeon in following cases:

• If the pain doesn’t improve with home remedies
• If pain is not going with time and creating problems for
• Fever or bleeding
• Pain traveling to both lower limbs

With clinical examination and thorough history, an X-ray, MRI, and CT scan may also be done.

Tailbone pain or coccydynia heal in most cases. It usually goes away in a few weeks to months. If it continues for over three months, it is chronic; consult your surgeon.

Up to 90% of patients will be relieved of pain in a few weeks to months. One in pain can try the following techniques to get rid of it.

• Sitz bath- sitting in warm water covering the hip and buttocks or Tailbone area
• Use of soft cushions (Avoid Sitting On Hard Surface) like Doughnut pillows or wedge-shaped pillows
• Painkillers use (in case of feeding baby consult your surgeon for safe medicines)
• Avoid sitting, driving for long duration
• Physiotherapy, including pelvic floor exercises
• Avoid constipation drink more water, and increase fiber in your diet stool softeners can be taken

Coccygectomy surgery is rarely done, involving the removal of the partial or full coccyx. In very severe cases, they have not responded to treatment for a long time. Since surgery is rarely performed, kindly consult your surgeon about why, how, and when to undergo surgery and understand the risk factors and prognosis.

Coccyx injections or tailbone injections are used in a few cases. Coccygeal nerve block and ganglion of the impaired block are used to treat Tailbone pain. Pla-te-let rich pl-as-ma GROWTH FACTORS ( P-R-P GF) can also be injected into the tailbone.