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Tailbone Fracture - Causes, Symptoms and
Treatments
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What to know about Coccyx Fracture?
- Coccyx or tailbone although serves no specific
purpose in humans but serves as one leg of the
pelvic tripod. This helps provide weight-bearing
support to us in the seated position. A tailbone
is a triangle-shaped bone consisting of three to
five different sections, which can make it
difficult to detect a broken tailbone. - Our tailbone is curved at the end, but the degree
of curvature varies from person to person. The
part of your upper body weight rests on your
coccyx whenever you sit down. Tailbone can break
or get injured which can be very painful,
especially when you sit down. Bruising of
tailbone or ligament pull in the neighboring area
is more common in comparison to tailbone breaks,
or fractures, which are fairly uncommon.
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Causes Of Tailbone Or Coccyx Fracture
- Trauma or a direct injury This is the most
common cause of tailbone fracture or crack. Car
accidents or playing contact sports such as
hockey increases the risk of tailbone fractures.
Falling onto the tailbone in the seated position,
especially against a hard surface leads to the
tailbone fracture. - Age Among youngsters, a tailbone fracture occurs
mostly due to a backward fall or a high-energy
accident. Sometimes in older adults, nutritional
deficiencies can make broken bones more common. - Weight The coccyx rotates under the body when
seated in a thin or average-weight person. This
helps absorb weight better. But, in a heavier
person, with larger buttocks, the pelvis and
coccyx rotate less when sitting. The lesser
rotation puts more stress on the tip of the
coccyx causing it to dislocate or break.
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Symptoms of Tailbone Fracture
- The most common sign of tailbone fracture is
lower back pain or pain radiating to the legs.
Some of the other symptoms include - Constant dull pain in the very low back, just
above the buttocks. - Pain worsens when sitting and standing up from a
sitting position. - Swelling around the tailbone.
- Pain worsening during a bowel movement.
- Pain worsening during sexual intercourse.
- Irregular bowel movements.
- Frequent need to defecate.
- Numbness or tingling in the leg.
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