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Suggest Treatment For Tail Bone Injury
A few weeks ago I injured my tailbone, the pain was manageable up to today. Today I was sitting with my legs crossed and I bent forward and when I bent forward It felt like a ripping in my tail bone and now no matter what I do I get a severe pain in my tailbone
Mon, 2 May 2016
hi,
thank-you for providing the brief history of you.
A thorough musculoskeletal assessment is advised.
As the injury was directly on the tail bone there are two major possibilities which can occur here. Due to the impact of the injury - there might be a spondylolisthesis of the lower vertebrae or may be a lower level disc injuries.
This are the commonest form of injuries which happens and gets unnoticed. which later on give symptoms of constant pain and mobility induced pain.
Taking an MRI of the lumbar spine along with the tail bone will help understand. As x-ray fails to show the soft tissues and sometimes the fracture as well, so MRI will be of choice.
Post which with rest, medication and physical therapy all will workout well.
In my clinical experience I have come across tail bone injury complaints but MRI confirmed it to be spondylolisthesis or a disc injury. Treated with physical therapy , have helped majority of cases.
Regards
Jay Indravadan Patel
thank-you for providing the brief history of you.
A thorough musculoskeletal assessment is advised.
As the injury was directly on the tail bone there are two major possibilities which can occur here. Due to the impact of the injury - there might be a spondylolisthesis of the lower vertebrae or may be a lower level disc injuries.
This are the commonest form of injuries which happens and gets unnoticed. which later on give symptoms of constant pain and mobility induced pain.
Taking an MRI of the lumbar spine along with the tail bone will help understand. As x-ray fails to show the soft tissues and sometimes the fracture as well, so MRI will be of choice.
Post which with rest, medication and physical therapy all will workout well.
In my clinical experience I have come across tail bone injury complaints but MRI confirmed it to be spondylolisthesis or a disc injury. Treated with physical therapy , have helped majority of cases.
Regards
Jay Indravadan Patel
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