TAILBONE PAIN: PAIN in the TAILBONE (COCCYX PAIN)
TAILBONE
PAIN
has many causes and many treatments.
Further information is available at: www.TailboneDoctor.com
and www.Tailbone.info
These websites contain information from Dr.
Patrick Foye, M.D., Director of the Coccyx Pain Service at the largest
public health science university in the United States.
Patrick Foye, M.D.,
UMDNJ: New Jersey Medical School, 90 Bergen St, DOC-3100, Newark, NJ,
07103.
Phone (for making
appointments, not for medical advice for patients not seen yet):
973-972-2802.
How to tell if you have a Dislocated
Tailbone (Coccyx Dislocation)
How to tell if you have a Broken
Tailbone (Fractured Coccyx)
How to tell if you have Tailbone
Pain (coccyx pain)
How to describe
Tailbone Pain (coccyx pain)
How to Pick a Coccyx
Cushion (Tailbone Cushion)
for Coccyx Pain (Tailbone Pain)
How to know if your MRI
included the Tailbone (Coccyx)
How to Cope with Tailbone
Pain during Pregnancy
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Tailbone injuries
Dr. Foye provides his patients with testing,
treatment and advice regarding:
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Tailbone fractures (fractured coccyx, "broken tailbone", chipped tailbone, "cracked tailbone") |
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Tailbone dislocations (dislocated coccyx) |
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Tailbone sprains (sprained coccyx) |
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Tailbone injuries from pregnancy (coccyx injuries while pregnant or from childbirth, labor and delivery) |
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Tailbone injuries from sports (skateboarding, skiing, snowboarding, roller skating, football, basketball, etc.). |
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Other tailbone injuries (other types of injury to the coccyx, injured tailbones, trauma to coccygeal bones, bruised coccyx) |
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Non-traumatic tailbone pain (coccyx pain, aching or discomfort that began without any trauma or injury at all) |
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Figuring out the causes of your tailbone pain (causes of a sore tailbone, painful coccyx, coccyx bone pain, tail bones that hurt) |
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Screening
for other causes of symptoms of low back pain, buttock
pain, pelvic pain, muscle pain, etc. (including screening for pilonidal
cysts, coccyx cancer, sciatica, sacroiliac joint pain, lumbosacral facet
pain, lumbar disc herniations, piriformis muscle pain, and other problems,
etc.)
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Tests for Tailbone Pain
Dr. Foye helps his patients find the
underlying cause of their pain, including an individualized approach that may
sometimes (if necessary) include ordering and/or interpreting the following:
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Tailbone x-rays (coccyx x-rays, including comparing x-rays while standing versus sitting) |
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Tailbone MRI (coccyx MRI, sacrum-pelvis MRI, pelvic MRI, lumbosacral MRI) |
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Tailbone CT scans (coccyx CT scans, sacrum-pelvis CT scans, pelvic CT scans) |
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Bone
scans |
Treatments for tailbone pain
Dr. Foye provides individualized
(patient-specific) treatment recommendations, including:
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Tailbone cushions (coccyx cushions: wedge cushions, donut cushions, doughnut cushions, other seat cushions, etc.) |
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Pain medications (various different types of prescription pain medications taken by mouth) |
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Tailbone injections (coccyx injections, including using fluoroscopy to guide precisely placed steroid injections, ganglion Impar injections, coccyx nerve blocks, etc.) |
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Advice
regarding coccyx removal surgery (coccygectomy),
e.g. as a non-surgeon providing a second opinion in patients previously told
that they require surgery. Referral to surgery if truly needed. |
For IMAGES (Pictures, etc.), click the links below to see .... a whole series of images showing topics such as:
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Tailbone normal appearance (normal coccyx anatomy: coccygeal bones) |
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Tailbone fractures (fractured coccyx, "broken tailbone", chipped tailbone, "cracked tailbone") |
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Tailbone dislocations (dislocated coccyx) |
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Tailbone sprains (sprained coccyx) |
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Tailbone injuries from pregnancy (coccyx injuries from pregnancy, labor and delivery) |
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Other tailbone injuries (other coccyx injuries, injured tailbone ) |
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Causes of tailbone pain (causes of a sore tailbone, painful coccyx) |
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Tailbone x-rays (coccyx x-rays) |
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Tailbone MRI (coccyx MRI) |
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Tailbone CT scans (coccyx CT scans) |
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Tailbone injuries from sports (skateboarding, skiing, snowboarding, roller skating, football, basketball, etc.). |
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Tailbone cushions (coccyx cushions: wedge cushions, donut cushions, doughnut cushions, other seat cushions, etc.) |
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Tailbone diagrams (coccyx diagrams) |
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Tailbone sketches (coccyx sketches) |
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Tailbone treatments (coccyx treatments) |
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Tailbone
injections (coccyx injections) |
"How to"
articles on eHow:
How to tell if you have a Dislocated Tailbone (Coccyx Dislocation)
How to tell if you have a Broken Tailbone (Fractured Coccyx)
How to tell if you have Tailbone Pain (coccyx pain)
How to Describe
TAILBONE PAIN article on eMedicine
