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What Causes Severe Tailbone Pain After Gallbladder Removal Surgery?

I had my gall bladder removed 6 weeks ago, every since surgery I have had mild to severe pain near my tail bone, mostly from sitting to standing, three days ago I took a fall in the snow, directly onto my tail and the pain is really bad mainly from sitting to standing... is it possible that I have hurt it more is it bruised i m not sure if I should go have a xray or mri done. thank you
Thu, 26 Mar 2015
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Here you have hurt your tail bone while having fall. And striking on snow with tailbone. So there will be micro level damage in it which is paining. There might be a chance of hairline fracture. But don't worry here you need to take rest for some time. Use hot pack and cold pack frequently to reduce swelling, inflammation and increase blood circulation to soft tissue as well as bone so that the healing can be faster. You can also do ultrasound therapy as a physiotherapy treatment if there is no hair line crack. I suggest you not to sit for a long time for some days till the time possible. As well do not do more of standing or walking too. Just take rest in bed for 2 to 3days and it will be fine. At the same time if you feel pain have not reduce then visit orthopedic take x ray and medication for pain. Take care.
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What Causes Severe Tailbone Pain After Gallbladder Removal Surgery?

Here you have hurt your tail bone while having fall. And striking on snow with tailbone. So there will be micro level damage in it which is paining. There might be a chance of hairline fracture. But don t worry here you need to take rest for some time. Use hot pack and cold pack frequently to reduce swelling, inflammation and increase blood circulation to soft tissue as well as bone so that the healing can be faster. You can also do ultrasound therapy as a physiotherapy treatment if there is no hair line crack. I suggest you not to sit for a long time for some days till the time possible. As well do not do more of standing or walking too. Just take rest in bed for 2 to 3days and it will be fine. At the same time if you feel pain have not reduce then visit orthopedic take x ray and medication for pain. Take care.