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Natalie - nat_the_rat@hotmail.com
Posted 2010-02-21
I sustained a coccyx injury during childbirth last year and had a lot of trouble finding someone to treat it successfully. After 5 months of no improvement, my doctor arranged X-rays & CT scans which showed nothing. I found that physio was of little help - she just did heat therapy using the ultrasound device. She did recommended getting a special cushion with a semi-circle cut out at the back (where your coccyx would be) and that did assist in avoiding any further aggravation to it when sitting (especially with breastfeeding when you are sitting a lot).
I did some research online and read about a myotherapist who had treated someone with this problem, Carissa Stewart (see Doctors and specialists in the Australia). Went to see her and she did trigger point therapy and some stretching on the area and gave me exercises to do at home, and also urged me to use a heat pack for 15 mins every night on the area (and you really do have to do this). It took about 3 treatments with her (on the 3rd one is when she does it quite firmly) to see improvement but it would have been about 30% (by this time, about 6 months after the birth). After another 2 sessions, about 70% better which brings me to now (9 months after the birth). Rather than being in constant pain as I was before the myotherapy, I now only really notice the pain when I have been sitting for long periods, which is much better than always feeling it!
She also has some adhesive heat pads that stick to your undergarments which helped me on a 8 hour car trip and last up to 12 hours. They can only be used once but were only a couple of dollars each.