Coccydynia site map

What is coccydynia?

• The normal coccyx
• Symptoms of coccydynia
• The effects of inflammation on bone
• Unstable coccyx
• Spur on coccyx
• Misaligned, rigid, or long coccyx
• Muscle spasm or tightness
• Pilonidal cyst
• Tarlov/meningeal cyst
• Pudendal neuropathy
• Cancer
• Referred pain
• Neuropathic pain
• Pain caused by previous medical treatments
• Idiopathic coccydynia
• Imaginary pain

Investigations

• Physical examination
• Injection of local anesthetic
• X-ray
• Dynamic (sit/stand) x-ray
• CAT scan
• MRI scan
• Colonoscopy

Treatments

• List of doctors and other specialists
• First aid
• Manual treatments
• Injections
• Surgical removal of coccyx (coccygectomy)
• Psychological treatments
• Acupuncture
• Spinal Cord Stimulators and Spinal Pumps
• Drugs
• Painkilling patches
• Nerve blocks
• Other methods
• Possible future treatments
• Comments from doctors

Coping

• Comfortable positions
• Coccyx cushions
• Comfortable chairs
• Kneeling
• Standing
• Lying
• Work
• Leisure
• Travel
• Distraction
• Other people
• Living with pain

Medical Papers

• The full text of 14 medical papers on coccydynia, abstracts of over 100 more, and over 60 further references

Personal Experiences

• Personal experiences of over 1,000 people with coccyx pain

Links to other sites

• Links to sites with information about coccyx pain or general pain and its treatment

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• Link to discussion and support site for coccyx pain sufferers

Translations into other languages

• Partial version of this site in French
• Partial version of this site in Spanish

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