Personal experiences of coccyx pain in 2003

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2003-12-21 - Sally - Releasing caught nerve ends

2003-12-21 - Madams - Update - Severe coccyx pain

2003-12-21 - Laurie - The doctor refuses to give me any more medication

2003-12-14 - James Taylor - My very first broken tailbone

2003-12-14 - Caroline Martin - Coccydynia after gastric bypass surgery?

2003-11-30 - Kevin - NMS Solutions helped me immensely

2003-11-30 - Maurice - Jumping injury

2003-11-23 - Michelle - Update - Fell off Water Slide.....OUCH!!!!!!

2003-11-23 - Manuel - It works!

2003-11-23 - Anonymous - Update - Removal of pilonidal cyst

2003-11-23 - Tony Ryan - Fully recovered after 3 months of painful coccydynia

2003-11-16 - Jennifer - Had pains in the butt for as long as I can remember

2003-11-16 - Whitfield - Painful sitting and walking after falling down stairs

2003-11-16 - Erin - Help for women with coccyx pain from having a baby

2003-11-09 - Anonymous - Found a chair that helps

2003-11-09 - Kim - Temporary fix

2003-11-09 - Kim - Protruding tailbone

2003-11-09 - Kelly - Surgery failed, rhizotomy a success

2003-11-02 - Anonymous - Losing weight made the coccyx more painful

2003-11-02 - Deborah - Old tailbone trauma causing problems

2003-11-02 - Dorcas - Tailbone pain cured!!!

2003-10-26 - Helene - Deformed coccyx - removed!

2003-10-19 - Jody - Operation by inexperienced doctor

2003-10-19 - Karen - Had coccygectomy after other treatments failed

2003-10-19 - Anonymous - Could my fall 35 years ago be the cause of my pain?

2003-10-19 - Casper - Coccyx doctor recommendation for Finland

2003-10-12 - Sylvia - Tried everything except surgery

2003-10-12 - Shar - Doctors acted like I was making the pain up

2003-10-12 - Monica - Doctors in the Netherlands?

2003-10-05 - Anonymous - Fell down the stairs a year and a half ago

2003-09-28 - Rose - Osteopathy treatment

2003-09-28 - Andy Strange - Update - Boil on the coccyx

2003-09-28 - Karen - Update - Bone scan after numerous other scans

2003-09-14 - Sally Cowell - Update - Sally's sitting saga

2003-09-14 - Peggy - Born with a long coccyx

2003-09-14 - Hillary - Pain came back six years later

2003-09-14 - Jim - Fell on my wazoo skateboarding - Shapiro made me 90% better

2003-09-07 - Donna - Update - I've fallen and I can't get up!

2003-09-07 - Spike - Ulcerative proctitis? IBS? Arthritis?

2003-09-07 - Gail - Long and deformed coccyx

2003-08-31 - Stubborn Patient - How to get treatment -- my story

2003-08-31 - Ammon Lovell - Update - Inhaling helium made me pass out

2003-08-24 - Serge - Acupuncture worked for me

2003-08-24 - Tim Naus - Need some help badly

2003-08-24 - CMA - I feel like I have given up on ever getting better

2003-08-17 - Mada - Coccyx pain without trauma

2003-08-17 - Kirsten - Update - Pregnant and receiving injections

2003-08-17 - Anonymous - Will the pain ever go away?!?!?

2003-08-10 - Nad - Muscle spasm caused the pain

2003-08-10 - Mike Davison - Success with the surgery

2003-08-10 - Mark - Not decided yet

2003-08-10 - Jen - Update - Dislocated and fractured

2003-08-10 - Marina - Update - Broke my coccyx 3 months ago. I can't take the pain anymore!!

2003-08-10 - Nancy - Doctor ordered mammogram (?)

2003-08-10 - Katie - Jumping off 70 foot cliffs

2003-08-10 - Angie Gray - Travel tips (lying down!) UK to Dr Maigne, Paris

2003-08-03 - Diane Kramer - Update - They told me this was all in my head

2003-08-03 - Ooouch - Power boating accident

2003-08-03 - Anonymous - Pain and a lump or swelling

2003-07-19 - VB - Sudden pain in the night

2003-07-19 - Marian - Any doctors in London or surrounding areas?

2003-07-19 - Cheryl - Make a tailbone cushion from kids' swimming noodles

2003-07-19 - Anonymous - There are excellent alternatives to surgery!

2003-07-19 - Hope -Update - Found "my fountain of youth" with coccyx removal

2003-07-19 - Jon Ellingboe - Fell backwards in the street, got a bruised tailbone

2003-07-13 - Anonymous - Coccyx pain after childbirth

2003-07-13 - Sharon - Update - Broken T-Bone and surgery to come

2003-07-13 - Bob Knetl - Coccydynia resulting from unrelated surgical procedure

2003-07-06 - Marcel - Could this pain be caused by my coccyx?

2003-07-06 - Sue Allen - Pain came and went and came back again

2003-07-06 - Leah - Coccydynia and future children?

2003-06-29 - Rob - I am sure my coccyx is broken

2003-06-29 - Melissa - Removal of pilonidal cyst caused scar tissue and pain

2003-06-29 - Anonymous - I can't think of anything I have done to get this

2003-06-29 - Susan - What can I do now?

2003-06-29 - Helen Buckthorp - After 13 months of pain, manual therapy cured me in one hour

2003-06-29 - Krys - Will I be able to cycle again?

2003-06-29 - Antonina Breen - Thirteen year sufferer

2003-06-29 - Malinda - Looking for doctors in Florida

2003-06-15 - Wes Harper - Happy ending from nerve stimulator

2003-06-15 - Jolene - Successful surgery in Manitoba, Canada

2003-06-15 - Anonymous - All terrain vehicle accident

2003-06-08 - Jen - Please help - I can't take it any more!!

2003-06-08 - Brenda - Self-manipulation of the coccyx

2003-06-08 - Anonymous - Coccyx bent to 90 degrees

2003-06-01 - Anonymous - Recovery after two years!

2003-06-01 - Sharon - Fell asleep in the bath

2003-05-25 - Angie - Update - Going in for surgery

2003-05-25 - Leslie - Stationary bicycle caused the pain

2003-05-25 - Steph - In need of HELP

2003-05-25 - Nicki B - Cindy please reply to Nicki B.!

2003-05-18 - J Barnard - Rectal discomfort

2003-05-18 - Lisa - Roller blading spill

2003-05-18 - Susan - Surgery to remove tissue caused a fistula

2003-05-18 - Pollie - Need a comfortable cushion

2003-05-18 - Annie - Any sufferers in NJ, USA?

2003-05-18 - Katie - Update - Scared for doctors appointment

2003-05-11 - Maggie - Bad fall and terrible 'bruised' feeling

2003-05-11 - Jack - My experience and theory: post-herpetic neuralgia?

2003-05-11 - Kay - Coccyx pain and incontinence

2003-05-04 - Lauren - Persistent pain - going in for surgery

2003-05-04 - Elizabeth - Cosmetic problem from tailbone injury

2003-05-04 - Alan - Pain in soft tissue around coccyx area?

2003-05-04 - Michelle - Worst pain I've ever experienced!!!

2003-04-27 - Rosamund - Persistent coccyx pain

2003-04-27 - Denise - Fractured coccyx during childbirth

2003-04-27 - Lisa - Fell down the stairs

2003-04-27 - Angie - Update - It started with a sneeze

2003-04-27 - Jean - Pain, pain, pain

2003-04-27 - Kathy - Coccyx doctor in Pittsburgh?

2003-04-27 - Alex - Tailbone pain from furniture assembly

2003-04-27 - Nancy Abdo - Ovary removal left me with tailbone pain that won't stop

2003-04-27 - Elizabeth - Tailbone - lower legs - feet

2003-04-20 - Debbie - Update - Anal spasms and tail bone pain

2003-04-20 - Michelle - Update - Decided to jump right to the surgery

2003-04-13 - Sarah - Update - Seasonal coccyx disorder

2003-04-13 - Anonymous - Ray of hope

2003-04-06 - Anne - Update - Frustrated with testing

2003-04-06 - Anna - Despairing from Kent

2003-04-06 - Nicola - Does anything actually help?

2003-04-06 - Marie - Update - Pregnancy and coccyx pain

2003-03-30 - Sue Buckley - Update - A real pain in the . . . .

2003-03-30 - Angelika - Hit by a racing dog

2003-03-23 - Parker King - Acute coccyx pain

2003-03-23 - Lance - Excessive movie watching as cause of coccyx pain?

2003-03-16 - Vicki - Injection worked!

2003-03-16 - Jayne Gerrard - Piriformis syndrome post surgery

2003-03-16 - Anonymous - Update - Sleeping position caused pain

2003-03-16 - James Morris - Coccyx treatment - just had the injection of corticosteroid

2003-03-02 - Pamela Bishopp - Office chairs with coccyx cut-out - great for home or office

2003-03-02 - Dina - Success with surgerye

2003-03-02 - Rebecca - Thank God I am not alone

2003-02-23 - Lori - Can anyone recommend a doctor in the Seattle or Bellevue area?

2003-03-23 - Linda - Coccyx removal

2003-02-23 - Jamie - Update - Puzzling x-ray

2003-02-23 - Bob Knetl - Update - Coccyx cutout chairs

2003-02-16 - Anonymous - Tailbone pain and pregnancy

2003-02-16 - Dee - Tailbone pain after bone from hip removed

2003-02-16 - Colin - Cortisone injection seems to be helping

2003-02-09 - Anonymous - Pain in the end of the tailbone

2003-02-09 - CJ - No pain when sitting, very painful going from standing to sitting

2003-02-02 - Ann - Pain in coccyx, with joint stiffness and pelvic pain that comes and goes

2003-02-02 - Rebecca - Childbirth complications

2003-02-02 - Tasha - Huge pain

2003-02-02 - Ashley Loomis - Tailbone removal

2003-02-02 - Anonymous - Finding a doctor in Washington

2003-01-19 - Yvonne - Tailbone had done a U-turn to point outwards

2003-01-19 - Patrice - Prozac and Dr Sarno's book

2003-01-19 - Nicole - Update - I am terrified of having surgery . . . . now had it, a complete success!

2003-01-19 - Nicki B - Tailbone pain caused by rare tumor called chordoma

2003-01-19 - Linda Terry - Update - I'm ready to get rid of it!!!!!!!!!

2003-01-12 - Kristy Chapman - Pain for 5 years, now going to have tailbone removed

2003-01-12 - Gogeomol - Fell over the cat

2003-01-05 - Donna Gibson - Wanted to share it at last

2003-01-05 - Melissa - Pregnancy and childbirth led to coccyx pain

2003-01-05 - Matt - I backed into a water heater

2003-01-05 - Les - Update - Coccyx woes in Aviano, Italy

2003-01-05 - Anonymous - I can't sit or stand for long after a fall

2003-01-05 - Stacy - I can't sit and I'm at my wit's end

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