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Re: Tailbone Pain
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 10:41 pm
by helenlegs 11
That's wonderful Kate,
It shows how important physio or should I say good physio is post surgery. Good news.
Re: Tailbone Pain
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 3:22 am
by RJR
Kate,
So glad to hear your good news...may it continue!
RR
Re: Tailbone Pain
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 5:32 am
by donstore
RJR.
Sounds like you are making progress. As I recall, that is about 31/2 hours better than you were getting away with before the surgery. Hang in there
Don
Re: Tailbone Pain
Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 3:47 am
by chloe
Kate,
I also experienced tailbone pain after surgery - not immediately after, maybe a year after?? My PT also showed me via internal work how all the PF muscles attach to the tailbone/coccyx area. If your PF is in spasm it can actually cause your coccyx to come out of alignment. I had several coccyx adjustments by another PT (externally) and would not recommend it...it flared things up for me. The first adjustment was great though, it was the subsequent adjustments that started flaring me. As far as the tailbone/lower sacrum pain, internal work and ART (active release physical therapy) helped tremendously....it does tend to go away once the PF has calmed down.
Besides ART, I also underwent a year of internal trigger point injections with lidocaine/marcaine and once in awhile steroids were added. These trigger point injections into my OI finally got the OI to stop spasming - even post op my muscle was not happy!! But, I was not in so much pain that I could not sit all day at work. My full recovery took a long time (I have discovered i just don't heal normally or quickly....based on a recent extensive sinus surgery I had). Some people just heal differently - no two people will ever heal the same. Hang in there!! With proper PT/internal trigger point release and possibly pelvis adjustments (I have SIJD before and after surgery) you should be feeling better soon. I wish you all the best. Don't let this discourage you!!
Take good care.
Chloe
Re: Tailbone Pain
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 12:26 am
by TinyDancer
Chloe,
Thank you for all your suggestions. Fortunatly, if it doesn't hurt, my PT doesn't try to fix it. What I mean is that at my next visit, she'll ask me if my tailbone hurts and if it doesn't, she won't touch it.
Kate