If you were a rough-and-tumble child, you probably had a fall or two that landed you squarely on your tailbone, causing bruising and pain that lasted for several days. But if you experience tailbone pain as an adult that is unrelated to trauma, it could signal pelvic floor Сиалис инструкция. In many cases, pelvic floor physical therapy can help correct the underlying cause of tailbone pain and restore pain-free movement.
Your tailbone is not really a single bone. It is made up of 3-5 vertebral segments at the very end of your sacral spine that may or may not be fused together, depending on your unique anatomy. Your tailbone is joined to your sacral spine via the sacrococcygeal joint. Medically called the coccyx (or sometimes coccydynia, or coccygodynia), your tailbone has a limited range of motion that allows it to curve when you’re sitting down, and to give way during childbirth. Because the coccyx is well innervated, it can be quite painful when injured.
An injured coccyx can cause hypertonicity of the pelvic floor muscles, leading to bowel and urinary issues and pain during intercourse. Medical doctors are often baffled by chronic non-traumatic tailbone pain. Rather than admit that they don’t know what is causing your pain, they may brush it off as unimportant or tell you it will go away on its own. But chronic pain in any part of your body is not normal — it is there to signal that something is not right.
According to research, women are five times more likely to suffer from tailbone pain than men, and obese people are three times more likely to have coccyx pain than people who maintain a healthy weight. One study of 127 women with pelvic pain found that nearly 50 percent of them also had tailbone pain. The women with coccyx pain reported higher levels of pelvic pain, greater pelvic floor dysfunction and were found to have significantly more abnormalities during a pelvic physical exam.
Eliminating tailbone pain can be difficult due to the location of the coccyx and its involvement in everyday movement and sitting. While exercising with tailbone pain may seem counterintuitive, regular physical exercise like daily walking helps to tone the muscles of the pelvic floor and promote healthy spinal alignment and function. Start slow, and gradually increase your pace and distance. If you sit at a computer during the day, take frequent breaks to walk around, and consider using a standing desk or bar-height counter while you work.
