Hi. I was hoping I could get some advice on something. I slipped down the stairs around 2 months ago now and I had a really bad pain around my coccyx area so I just assumed I bruised it, 2 months later and it still hurts when I sit in certain positions that put pressure on it and my bowel makes a lot of loud noises for no reason and it?s embarrassing, i?m not sure what it could be or what to do about it.

Dr. Julie Mercy J DavidPhysiotherapist24yrs exp

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The lower end of the vertebral column is inflamed and that bone is called coccyx bone and the condition is called coccydynia. The conservative management would be to keep ice in that inflamed area during one time in a day and also to sit in a hot water bowl where the penetration of the heat would help to reduce the inflammation. And to reduce the weight falling on the inflammed surface we suggest patients to use air cushion pillow (also called as doughnut pillow) where in the buttock's weight will not fall exactly on the painful tail bone and that would automatically reduce the pain. For this the best treatment would be to undergo ultrasonic therapy in one of the nearby physiotherapy clinics.  

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