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What Causes Tailbone Pain In A Patient With No Swelling, Bruise Or Redness?

My son is complaining of tailbone pain 2 days now with no precipitating factors. No swelling, no bruising, no redness. No pilionidal cyst or open areas. Painful if touched or any bearing down. Also hurts to sit, worse on soft pillow. He had surgery for a benign tumor in his foot in 2011 I wonder if it could be similar?
Mon, 16 Nov 2015
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Orthopaedic Surgeon,  's  Response

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I have gone through your query and understand your concern.This is called coccyxdynia. Treatment of it is avoid sitting on hard obects , hot sits bath and analgesic such as ibuprofen for pain relief. In hot sits bath patients are advised to seat in warm water for 10 minutes evening and morning for few weeks. For further investigation you can go for MRI lumbosacral spine. You can discuss with your doctor about it. Hope your query get answered. If you have any clarification then don't hesitate to write to us. I will be happy to help you.
Wishing you a good health.
Take care.
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What Causes Tailbone Pain In A Patient With No Swelling, Bruise Or Redness?

Hi Welcome to healthcaremagic I have gone through your query and understand your concern.This is called coccyxdynia. Treatment of it is avoid sitting on hard obects , hot sits bath and analgesic such as ibuprofen for pain relief. In hot sits bath patients are advised to seat in warm water for 10 minutes evening and morning for few weeks. For further investigation you can go for MRI lumbosacral spine. You can discuss with your doctor about it. Hope your query get answered. If you have any clarification then don t hesitate to write to us. I will be happy to help you. Wishing you a good health. Take care.