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Lee
Posted 2006-11-26
I am a 47 year old physician and have never had any type of back pain or injury. This weekend as I was sitting and watching TV, my tailbone area began to feel a little achey. No matter the position, I couldn't make it feel better. As the next few hours rolled by the pain got worse and I was having difficulty getting up and down from a sitting position. By the next day the pain was so bad when I moved I had to lie in my side only and try not to move. Getting up from sitting required very slow movements and help from a friend. I felt like I would be living like this forever and couldn't imagine any relief.
I got online to find out what this was and came across this site. After reading about the external manipulation treatments, I tried to do it myself, but couldn't feel the tip of my coccyx. The whole area just hurt to touch even lightly. Finally, I was so miserable, I thought I might try internal manipulation. Now I wasn't so happy about how I would accomplish that but I was determined to try. It sounds gross, but when you are in that much pain...
I sat on the toilet and leaned forward. I used a lubricant to lube the area well and then inserted my index finger slowly inside. I inserted to the second knuckle. The discomfort was very slight, I relaxed as much as possible and lifted my finger straight up my spine toward the back of my head, breathing and relaxing. I held that position for 10 seconds and slowly sat upright while still maintaining pressure upward. There was no pain. I removed my finger. When I stood, the pain I was feeling was about a 3, it was a 9 before the manipulation. That night it still was tender to the touch and when I moved, but much less than half of what it had been the previous three days. The next morning there was still some residual pain, so I did the same manuver. As the day wore on, I worked and was getting up and down all day, but the pain kept getting better. The next morning when I woke, the pain was gone completely! It is as if it were all just a very bad dream.
If you can't try this yourself, I would seek a doctor familiar with this treatment and go immediately...it was a god-send.
See also Manual treatments for coccyx pain and Brenda's experience and Kay's experience of self-manipulation.