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Suggest Treatment For Soft Tissue Injury On Buttocks

Posted on Mon, 16 Feb 2015

Question: Fell on stairs bruised swollen & dented butt cheek 8 days ago. What do I do?

Answered by Dr. Saurabh Gupta (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Get an X ray done.

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

Thanks for your query.

From the description it seems to be soft tissue injury. As it persists since 8 days, I suggest you to get an X ray to rule out any bony injury.
Give rest to the part. You can take ibuprofen for pain.

Hope this helps you.

Take care.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Saurabh Gupta (8 hours later)

Some swelling has gone down. Nothing is broken. The muscle is just swollen and sore. Will it take a month or more to get back to a normal size butt? Light use of a heating pad should help?

Answered by Dr. Saurabh Gupta (15 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Heating pad would be helpful.

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

It will take a month to get back normal. Yes, heating pad would be helpful.

Wishing you speedy recovery.

Take care.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar