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How To Cure Pain In The Tail Bone?
Hi, I didn t have an accident of any kind, then out of the blue my tail bone started hurting. At first it wasn t that bad, and then it steadily got worse. Now it feels like the pain is going to stay at about 7 (in a scale of 1-10). There is a sort of hard bump directly over my tailbone, it hurts to sit, lay down in certain positions, it even hurts to walk (although it doesn t hurt as bad when I have heels on, strangely enough). I m thinking it might just be bruised, but the area isn t discolored in any way, it just really hurts. I don t want to spend a ton of money on x-rays, so I would really appreciate an answer on what might be wrong. I ve hurt my tailbone in the past but it has never hurt this bad or for this long. Thank you
Mon, 7 Apr 2014
In my opinion you should stop worrying. For immediate relief have some pain killer along with a muscle relaxant for 3-5 days depending upon the pain and symptoms and have proper bed rest for a week. Do not lie down on soft mattress use hard one instead, Do not strain your self or over exert. U can also apply some good anti inflammatory pain killer gel on your back. If the pain increases do some hot fermentation locally
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