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Suggest Treatment For Tailbone Pain Caused By Tailbone Injury
Question: I have cracked bones in my tailbone area. Other than narcotics, who at can I do to ease the terrible pain?
Brief Answer:
You can get steroid injection in tail bone
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
THanks for using healthcare magic. Tail bone pain or coccydynia is very terrible condition and I have full sympathy with you. Since you already tried narcotics pain killer I have few safe suggestions for you. Narcotics are habbit forming and have serious side effects.
1.Sit in gentle warm water daily to take hot water fomentation.
2.Tablet Etoricoxib one daily.
3.Avoid sitting for long hours and use ring shape cushion to take care of that.
4.If there is still pain then steroid injection can be applied in tail bone.
I hope this answer will be helpful for you. Let me know if there is any other followup questions.
thanks
You can get steroid injection in tail bone
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
THanks for using healthcare magic. Tail bone pain or coccydynia is very terrible condition and I have full sympathy with you. Since you already tried narcotics pain killer I have few safe suggestions for you. Narcotics are habbit forming and have serious side effects.
1.Sit in gentle warm water daily to take hot water fomentation.
2.Tablet Etoricoxib one daily.
3.Avoid sitting for long hours and use ring shape cushion to take care of that.
4.If there is still pain then steroid injection can be applied in tail bone.
I hope this answer will be helpful for you. Let me know if there is any other followup questions.
thanks
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Answered by
Dr. Dr. Naveen Kumar Sharma
Orthopaedic Surgeon, Joint Replacement
Practicing since :2002
Answered : 4486 Questions
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