A standard “Lumbar” or “Lumbosacral” MRI does NOT include the COCCYX.
The most common MISTAKE that I see when patients have an MRI done for coccydynia (tailbone pain) is that the MRI does NOT even include the coccyx!
Often, the wrong MRI is ordered/done.
Look at the radiology report and see if they even commented on the coccyx.
Ask your doctor to point to the coccyx on the images. It may not be there!

COME FOR RELIEF: For more information on coccyx pain, or to be evaluated in-person by Dr. Foye’s Coccyx Pain Center in the United States, go to: www.TailboneDoctor.com
– Patrick Foye, M.D., Director of the Tailbone Pain Center, New Jersey, United States.
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