What is a bone spur? A bone spur is thickening of the bone. Just like you can get a callous on your hands or feet from thickening of the skin, you can also get thickening of bone in certain places in your body. When the bony thickening is focal and makes a pointy projection, […]
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MANY coccyx pain patients tell me that their Doctors NEVER EVEN EXAMINED (touched / palpated) their coccyx. This happens all the time! It’s BIZARRE! IMAGINE someone treating your thumb without ever examining it. Unthinkable! Clinicians (primary care, pain or musculoskeletal specialists, P.T.’s, etc.) should EVALUATE THE SITE OF PAIN! Patients DESERVE proper […] Coccyx Dislocations and Fractures can BOTH be a cause for Tailbone Pain, (Coccyx Pain, Coccydynia). Coccyx DISLOCATIONS are ~ 100 x more common than Coccyx FRACTURES. Dislocations = due to sprained or torn ligaments. Fractures = a break in the actual bones. The VAST majority of the time when a new patient tells me […] I was recently contacted by a woman who had undergone a coccygectomy (which is surgical amputation/removal of the coccyx/tailbone). Her question was whether, after having undergone coccygectomy, it would or would not be advisable for her to undergo a cesarean section rather than a vaginal delivery for any subsequent pregnancy. Perhaps you, the reader, […] 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 […] The “Tail-BONE” is NOT just ONE BONE: The word TAILBONE is MISLEADING since it implies that it is one, singular bone. In reality, the tailbone (coccyx) is made of 3-to-5 boneS (plural). It is less common for all of these bones to be fused. Tailbone Pain Tip 5, the Coccyx is 3-5 bones, not […] “COCCYDYNIA” means coccyx pain (tailbone pain). “Coccydynia” is NOT a full diagnosis. This term just says that the pain is AT the tailbone. Just like “chest pain” or “knee pain”, you need to find out WHY the pain is there. Tailbone Pain Tip 3, Coccydynia means Coccyx Pain COME FOR RELIEF: […] “Tailbone Pain Tips” is a new series of education ideas & images all about coccyx pain… Watch for future posts! 🙂 by Patrick Foye MD Teaching you about: Tailbone pain, Coccyx pain, Coccydynia Coccyx Cancers Tailbone Pain and Pregnancy Coccygectomy Diagnostic tests for Tailbone Pain Treatments to Relieve Tailbone Pain … and more! Tailbone […] In other parts of the body, immobilization and fusion are done after fractures/dislocations/instability/etc. Meanwhile, at the coccyx, these options are very, very limited. We can’t put the coccyx into a cast or sling or brace they we could for an injured wrist/ankle/etc. Also, the small fragile bones of the coccyx are not […] |
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