Tailbone PAIN RELIEF for SITTING | 4 Physiotherapy Treatments for COCCYX PAIN
Tailbone pain relief for sitting for faster coccydynia healing with Physiotherapist Michelle Kenway. Learn 4 cost effective ways to relieve and stop tailbone pain when sitting with these Physiotherapy treatment techniques.
Coccyx pain when sitting is often caused because the tailbone is involved in weight bearing during sitting, along with the 2 sitting bones in the buttocks. This is why sitting increases tailbone pain and can result in chronic tailbone pain (coccydynia).
Medical advice to reduce or avoid sitting with tailbone pain to allow healing is excellent advice and should be followed.
Causes of tailbone pain include:
*Poor sitting posture
*Prolonged sitting on a hard surface
*Direct coccyx injury (e.g. fall onto the tailbone, during childbirth)
*Pelvic floor muscle spasm
4 Tailbone Pain Treatments for Sitting
1. Wedge or Coccyx Cushion
Using a wedge shaped coccyx cushion reduces loading on the coccyx during sitting allowing coccyx strain to heal. Repeated sitting on the tailbone increases loading on the coccyx and can delay the rate of healing.
2. Towel Roll Support
A cost effective alternative to buying a wedge coccyx cushion is to use 2 towels (same size) rolled up and placed lengthways under each thigh when sitting. This has the effect of raising the tailbone off the chair and unloading the coccyx to reduce pain and promote healing.
Alternatively 2 angled foam offcuts can be used, 1 under each thigh to raise the buttocks and the coccyx off the chair to reduce strain on the tailbone.
Sit on a firm supportive chair and avoid sitting on soft low height chairs that lack support.
3. Lean Forward Sitting
Leaning forward when sitting changes the angle of the pelvis, tilting it forwards. This takes the coccyx out of contact with the chair reducing loading on the coccyx. Leaning forward can be supported by using a rolled up towel in the curve of the lower back in combination with a coccyx cushion during sitting.
4. Lengthen the Spine
Sitting with the spine lengthened shifts weight bearing from the tailbone forward to the 2 sitting bones. Using correct sitting posture long-term can help relieve tailbone pain and reduce the risk of developing chronic coccydynia.
Additional Physiotherapy Tips for Coccydynia Treatment
* Avoid Kegel exercises with tailbone pain unless medically advised. Some of the pelvic floor muscles attach directly to the tailbone. Kegel exercises that contract the pelvic floor muscles therefore pull on the coccyx and can aggravate tailbone pain.
*Cold pack application to the lower back and sacrum close to the tailbone pain for 20 minutes at a time can relieve tailbone pain.
*Anti inflammatory gel or cream can be applied to the skin over the tailbone for relief and reduction of inflammation. Check with your pharmacist regarding suitability for using anti inflammatory gel before applying to the skin only.
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regarding your past videos. you saved my life.
@michellephysio
2 жыл бұрын
@amz carpo stay well my friend, I hope that my content continues to help and I wish you all the very best
Phenomenal advice! I've been doing all the wrong things. No wonder my tailbone pain continues!! Michelle you are a rare godsend.
@michellephysio
2 жыл бұрын
@farakh alemdar you're amazing ❤️ thanks for the beautiful words, much appreciated. Hope all is well on your end ❤️
@marybowman6500
8 күн бұрын
Amounts again you’re always full of good information. Thank you very much.
So clear! Thanks. Really appreciate it
@michellephysio
Жыл бұрын
@Natalie Heller You're very welcome! Glad you like this one ❤️
tank you Hi Michelle! Such great tips again!🎆🎇✨🎊very much
@michellephysio
2 жыл бұрын
@jeanttoo21 my pleasure! you're amazing ❤️ thanks for the beautiful comment, much appreciated. ❤️
Thanks for this video
@michellephysio
Жыл бұрын
@Ghofrane Darragi you're most welcome. Hope this helps!🙏
I've had tailbone pain for months! It hurts constantly, sitting, laying, all the time! I hope some of these ideas help....the constant discomfort & pain is miserable! Thanks for great videos!💕
@michellephysio
Жыл бұрын
@Old School Hula Hooper my pleasure! I do hope this helps you. All the best to you! 🙏
@oldschoolhulahooper
Жыл бұрын
@Michelle Kenway I'm a Hula hooper. I started hooping when I was 45, I'm 54 now. Could that be some of my issues with tailbone or pelvic floor?
@therebellion6911
2 ай бұрын
You cant post that and not come back
Thanks a lot for your advices regarding coccyx pain, your advices helped me a lot to understand what measures I must implement in order to gain pain relief!
@michellephysio
Жыл бұрын
@Aleksandra Aleksovska my pleasure! Thank you for taking the time to comment. I'm really so glad that I've been able to help you and I really do appreciate you taking the time to let me know❤️
Superb information as always Michelle 😻😻
@michellephysio
2 жыл бұрын
@W M So glad to read this, thank you for taking the time to comment. Hope this helps 🙏
Absolute icon
Thanks
@michellephysio
Жыл бұрын
@ar.pathak8525 thank you so very much, you've taken my breath away with your generous support and Superthanks. I sincerely hope that this infomation helps you gain relief and improved quality of life. Can I say that your support means an enormous amount to me and helps me continue to present this information on KZread. My very best wishes to you 🙏
Thank you, can’t wait too start. I’ve had this pain for six years in my tailbone/coccyx.
@michellephysio
2 жыл бұрын
@Larry Smith you're most welcome! I do hope this helps you 🙏
@pompiroy6760
Жыл бұрын
Hey Larry Smith six years....I really feel sorry for you...I am having this pain from last two years....I m tooo scared nothing let this pain gooo
@Maruthi1510
10 ай бұрын
Hey I am suffering this pain from past 4 years getting afraid. Still not marriged not understanding what my life was going to be
Very good Michelle. Any particular exercises you recommend?
@michellephysio
2 жыл бұрын
@ Tilak Gunasekera this video on tailbone pain exercises may give you some more information, I hope this helps! kzread.info/dash/bejne/iYmb0tOglrHgqrw.html
hi what was the brand of that square black cushion you used?
Saved my tail. thanks!
@michellephysio
11 ай бұрын
@CandidCosmo You're welcome! Thank you for taking the time to comment .❤️🌺
Hi Michelle! Such great tips again! Not a fun pain to have! I see this soo much post-partum, but at least it's treated so effectively with physiotherapy! 😄 You always explain things so well! Thanks for educating on such important topics! Thanks for sharing! Happy Easter! SEE YOU SOON! YO AND VAGINIA 🌸
@michellephysio
2 жыл бұрын
@ Yolanda Tsang PT - YO AND VAGINIA, yes indeed Yolanda this is not an easy condition to endure, especially postpartum when trying to care for a newborn I agree. Many thanks for your support and feedback, so glad this helps Best wishes to you 🌸
Still watching you and doing my best to incorporate your further tips. You made a lot of observations in this video Which certainly ring through with my ongoing issues with coccydynia. Many of your suggestions, like the need to sit forward and not lean back in any chair - no matter how comfortable that might be for some people , huge benefit and preference for a somewhat firm chair over a soft one, is sinking into a chair is very painful, and finally your assessment of donuts is being pretty useless - - - totally agree with all of this. I have a wedge coccyx pillow, and my only problem with it is that it is too high. I need a low slight wedge shaped pillow, still with the hole in the back of course. I am short and the high wedges available on the market lift me up too high so that my legs are dangling, which of course creates back tension and sway back, totally not the point of using a wedge. I was happy to see that I had actually discovered many of your suggestions on my own. Now I’m trying to figure out how to get my husband to watch this, to show him that I am actually not from Mars. Thanks!😂
@michellephysio
2 жыл бұрын
@ Sharon Mueller great to hear from you again & so glad that this vid reinforces your own findings. You’re definitely not from Mars! All the best to you Sharon 🙏
I am very surprise to see how many people have problem with tailbone and was wondering what s wrong with me! best thanks for yours explainations
@michellephysio
6 ай бұрын
@joellemadeleine1 my pleasure! I appreciate your comment! It's not uncommon for people to experience tailbone pain, and I'm glad my explanations have been helpful to you. Take care, and thank you for watching!❤️🌺"
Hi there!! I have aching shoulders hips and knees all bloods normal. Now aching tail bone can a problem with muscles or ligaments cause it?
What about for a sidebent tailbone pain?
Dear Michelle, are there any exercises (e.g. breathing exercises, pelvic floor exercises) that might help in obstipation type "outlet obstruction"?
@michellephysio
2 жыл бұрын
@Cordyceps yes there is a bowel emptying technique that I have in this following video that combines breathing and pelvic floor relaxation (bearing in mind the stool consistency needs to be appropriate ie soft and well formed for this technique to work). It can take some time and practice but definitely worth learning to relax the external anal sphincter see here kzread.info/dash/bejne/g3ifm5Wcpr2npc4.html I hope this information helps, all the best
I love you
Mam along with tailbone pain ,I am suffering from l4 and l5s1 disc bulge. So is this exercise good to do it
Is it okay to use a foot rest if you are short while using the towels?
I have a fracture at the joint of the sacrum and coccyx. My PT had me do "windshield wiper" which exaggerated my pain badly. What can Indo at home to relieve the pain? Windshield wipers is when you lay on your stomach on a pillow, lift your legs up behind you, keep feet together and move them right to left several times. It applied pressure in the tailbone area and I've been feeling constant poking in my rectum area and my vaginal area is aching.....this exercise really messed me up. What can I do? It hurts bad
Hello mam can a 20 year old girl have prolapse problem?
How to drive after one month of fracture my recovery is around 70 percent please help
Thanks for the advice to not do Kegel exercises!
You mentioned that Kegels pull the tailbone forward and it aggravates the pain. So the same thing happens with sex and ejaculation, right? I often have exacerbation of pain after intimacy
My right hip turns inwards pretty bad. Could this be causing all The issues I’m back tailbone hips and knees?
@michellephysio
Жыл бұрын
@Jennifer Gillaspy internal hip rotation can definitely cause knee and hip problems however the cause of your individual problem needs to be assessed by a physiotherapist to be sure. A physio consult can also help you determine best future management for this condition too.
@kinzahussayn479
7 ай бұрын
How do you know your right hip turns inward i mean is there any teat to find this out?
How long should you use the wedge ?
@michellephysio
Жыл бұрын
@Paul B while pain exists and for some time afterward too to ensure that it doesn’t return.
@paulb1383
Жыл бұрын
@@michellephysio Thank you!
I sit on my seat bones instead of tailbone
Could my chronic anal fissure be causing my tailbone pain?
I already have 2 years of pain of what I thought was coming from my tailbone. But an expert who did internal feeling discovered my tailbone isn’t causing my pain and is totally fine. What could it be causing pain after sitting too long? Muscles? Its a pain just above my anus. I just started doing the exercises in your video for a few days to see what it does.. some wedges are not really helping as well and still give pain when sitting too long on it.
@therebellion6911
2 ай бұрын
I have been battling cpps or pelvic floor disfunction.I was holding tension in my pelvic region causing all kinds of pain. Always felt good in the morning. One way to see if it is this is push down your pelvic floor muscles as if your passing gas trying to relax and push down and if you feel immediate relief it could be your problem. Mine got real bad till everything hurt. Most is gone now but still have lingering tailbone pain.
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I have no tailbone pain. But....I am suspicious of my experience of sitting or lying when pressure is placed just below the tailbone, and above the anus...and I sense that it is causing anal sphincter spasm or tightness (non painful). Is there a nerve or pressure point below the coccyx which could cause this?
Hindi mei plz
Her concept of “fixing” is actually “deal with it in a comfortable” 👎🏻
hi what was the brand of that square black cushion you used?