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Suggest Treatment For Severe Tailbone Pain
I am a 55 year old male in good health. I recently began having pain while sitting. The pain seems to be located on my tail bone. I thought it was nothing because it came on mostly while driving long distances, but I now feel it when I sit for any period of time in a harder chair. About 2 weeks ago I notices numbness in my left big toe that has persisted. Yesterday I began having numbness in my left buttock that continues to the upper part of my left leg. Any thoughts? Thanks, Doug YYYY@YYYY
Wed, 20 May 2015
Dear Patient,
pain in the tail bone is called coccydynea, this occurs as you know due to long sitting or sitting while travelling,
There are both non surgical and surgical methods to cure this,
First, use ring pillow while travelling, or sitting
you can get a injection of analgesic and steroid, at that site which has dramatic effect if properly applied,
use hot sitz baths,
analgesics sos
if you do not get relieve by these methods, than surgical excision of tail bone can be done, but this is usually not required.
Thanks
pain in the tail bone is called coccydynea, this occurs as you know due to long sitting or sitting while travelling,
There are both non surgical and surgical methods to cure this,
First, use ring pillow while travelling, or sitting
you can get a injection of analgesic and steroid, at that site which has dramatic effect if properly applied,
use hot sitz baths,
analgesics sos
if you do not get relieve by these methods, than surgical excision of tail bone can be done, but this is usually not required.
Thanks
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