Your tailbone, known as your coccyx, is a triangular bone located at the bottom of your spinal column. Since it protrudes slightly, it’s vulnerable to injury when you fall. Besides the bone itself, the coccyx has muscles, ligaments, and tendons around it that you can injure when you fall. Some experience tailbone pain because they have a coccyx that curves too much. Childbirth can also contribute to tailbone pain. Fortunately, at Premier Chiropractic Center, serving Bessemer, AL, and the nearby region, we can help with this pain and discomfort.
Comprehensive Examination
The first step of the process is to have you complete a medical history evaluation. We’ll ask you questions about any previous injuries you’ve had or any medical conditions you have. Our chiropractor will ask when the pain started as well as when it’s worse and the severity of it. Our practitioner will want to know if you had any recent injuries.
Next during your examination, our practitioner will inspect the injured area and evaluate it for any noticeable bruising or swelling. At this point, you may also need to have imaging conducted so our practitioner can view the bone and assess it for damage. During the imaging, our chiropractor may also be able to rule out any other causes of your pain.
Chiropractic Alignment
Our specialist might recommend a chiropractic alignment if you have a tailbone injury. Usually, more than one is necessary for you to see the full effect of the treatment. This treatment will realign the tailbone to stop it from placing pressure on the nearby tissue and nerves. As a result, you may have less pain.
Chiropractic Exercise
Another way we combat pain is through chiropractic exercise. With this treatment, our practitioner will guide you through stretches that work the soft tissue around your tailbone. This can help alleviate your pain by enhancing circulation to the area. In addition, these exercises also stretch the tissue, allowing you to maintain your flexion and function in the area.
Lifestyle Recommendations
A major part of your treatment is usually lifestyle recommendations. For instance, we may tell you to ease off certain activities. We’ll recommend you get up and move frequently because sitting will place excessive pressure on the sore region, only contributing to your current pain.
Our practitioner might suggest you use a support pillow when you sit or lay for prolonged periods to ease the amount of pressure you place on the region. For example, our practitioner will recommend ways to ease your pain while you’re at work. For instance, you could sit on a supportive, ergonomic chair and maintain good posture. If you slouch, you’re placing pressure on your tailbone and worsening your pain.
You’ll receive insight on the most comfortable positions to lay, sit, or stand.
Hot & Cold Therapy
Applying different temperatures to the injured area could ease the pain and discomfort you’re feeling. Warm temperatures have a soothing effect on soft tissue and encourage blood flow to the location you apply it. For this reason, more nutrients reach the region to promote healing.
Cold, on the other hand, constricts your blood vessels so less blood flows to the area. This then causes a reduction in inflammation, which then reduces your pain.
After a tailbone injury or when you have pain for another reason in this region, you just want healing and relief, and you want it now. That’s why, at Premier Chiropractic Center, serving Bessemer, AL, and the neighboring communities, we give you the healing you need. In fact, in some cases, you may notice a difference at your first appointment.
Schedule an appointment with us today if you have tailbone pain and want relief. Call us at 205-519-4024, or use our contact form.
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