Coccyxt pain/tailbone pain back again

[John Galt]

Hi, have you looked into Prolotherapy? It may help you.
Check out this youtube,
Tailbone Pain - YouTube

I've had Prolotherapy (Prolo) done to my lumbar and neck and it has helped a
lot.

If you decide to seek more info on it then write back and I will help.

John Galt

[mmglobal]

Ross, thanks for the detailed write up. We don't see many coccyx patients in the spine boards. In the more than 1,000 cases I've handled, off the top of my head, I can only recall 4 clients with serious Coccyx issues. The outcomes are not positive.

One of the clients had the nerves going to the coccyx ablated following a successful diagnostic injection. The ablation made him much worse. There is a possibility that a partial ablation is worse than no ablation. The doctor discussed redoing it, but the patient was gunshy and elected not to try another ablation.

It seems very positive that you had such significant relief. Did the doctor say it is common to have the relief follow the injection by more than 2 weeks. You asked that in your write up, but didn't mention how the doctor answered it.

Please keep us posted here. Yours is an interesting case and the detail you provide is great.

Good luck!

Mark

[Maria]

When I had this and I had it a good long time from when I was in my late 20's with flare ups from low back injury to a chronic condition after 2nd failed back surgery... (it was gone for about a year after my L5S1 discectomy) anyway it was one of the worst pains I experienced because it so limited my sitting to nothing and seemed like all movements aggravated it! I felt like my tailbone was severely bruised, sometimes broken or just terribly horribly sore. It was never broken.. never bruised...

I went to a number of consultations regarding this pain and for the most part was told I had nothing explainable or it was part of arachnoiditis post my 2nd failed discectomy at L4 however the explanation that made the most sense to me although I don't know if it is actually accurate or not was:

I had scar tissue on a either a left or right sacral nerve root.. all sacral nerves exit the same way and are clumped together so pain signals just sort of went crazy in that area and hence the explanation for this pain.

Eventually after 12 years of taking Neurontin, 10 years of getting lumbar ESIs, 5years of low dose opioid medication, some earlier excellent PT for about a year or two (early 2000s).. this pain sort of went away. I eventually was able to stop taking Neurontin, haven't had an ESI for about 3 years now (not authorized anymore) and I can sit a fair amount longer though still have probs with L4 so not that long...

I hope you will find a way to get relief much quicker than I did. It seemed like back when I had this going on any diagnosis or treatment was still in the dark ages. I hope there's been significant improvement in both in the last 14 years! Good luck! Maria

[John Galt]

Maria, out of curiosity did your coccyx pain begin after giving birth?

[Maria]

I didn't have kids so no.. started sometime after my first back injury but didn't become chronic until after my 2nd failed back surgery and stuck around for a number of years afterwards.

[pyrotalk]

Hi Ross

I had a bad fall where a hematoma was found on sacrum. Since then i had nerve pain, hip, piriformis, groin spasms.. The worst is my foot numbness. I cant run for too long without noticing.. i hope my nerve heals, I hear it takes 2 yrs..so far the nerve pain has subsided but whenever i am on a plane/car for too long, it really painful. i had to stand up or lay down for a few..

I wonder did you land on your buttocks? is the only way to hurt the coccyx

[mmglobal]

Pyro, try a private message. If the poster doesn't frequent the site, they'll never see your question. A PM will sent them an email letting them know they have a message.

Mark