Ever thought you were going MAD!!!

Kim - kim@harveyelectrical.co.uk

It was back in the first week in May 2004. My husband suggested we went for a bike ride down to the beach. It was a beautiful day. Why not I thought. Went on my sons bike which is a bit like a BMX but bigger. After a couple of days my bottom was hurting but I put it down to the fact that I hadn't been on a bike for a good many years and so it was expected. After a month I could not sit down properly. I found myself finding jobs to do all the time so that I didn't sit. I thought I was going mad. I couldn't think what it could be.

So I went off to see the Doctor. "inflamed coccyx" she said. "Have some anti-inflammatory tablets, that should help." Well after 2 weeks of those and no difference I went back. "Physio! That should do it" she said. Well, after a couple of sessions at that it still wasn't any better. In fact it was worse.

My daughter went on the internet and up came www.coccyx.org As I was reading people's stories it was amazing that other people were suffering the same as I was. We found Mike Durtnall from the Sayers Clinic. I made an appointment immediately. The first thing he did was x-ray my back and straight away saw that my coccyx was bent backwards. Nobody else had bothered to take an x-ray so how do they think they can tell what's wrong.

I have been now 5 times and can honestly say I feel a lot better. He did manual therapy and acupuncture. I am still having trouble with the buttock muscles but I'm sure they will soon be ok. To be able to sit normally again is a great relief.

If I could give anyone one piece of advice it would be "don't delay", the sooner you get it sorted the better. Time is of the essence.

You can contact Mike on www.sayerclinics.com.

Good luck

Kim

Updated 2004-11-14