Personal experiences of injections and needles for coccyx pain

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Barbara Eade - Brother's coccyx pain

Renee Oswald - My bowel had grown between the broken pieces of tailbone

Miss Ve - Fibromyalgia and coccydynia

Mark - Like others, things are falling apart

Rose - Tailbone doctors in Ohio?

Rahul - Constant pain!!!

Tom - Considering surgery

Joyce - Coccyxgectomy for spicule/bone spur

Cathryn - The pain gradually went away

Sandhy - Update - Surgery on the 5th September

Manish Gupta - Severe coccyx pain

Lisa Ann - Is anyone else filing under Workman's Comp?

Josh - An unfortunate sneeze . . my coccydinia

Kelly - "Just Deal With It"

Rick - Looking for relief in New Jersey

Joan - Locating the correct cushion

Evan English - Constant pain, not from fall or anything I know of . . . just happened

O. Adams - Coccyx edema

Anonymous - Finally pain free

Carolyn - Free at last!

DS - Looking forward to recovering

Marilyn - Operation in five weeks

Colin Wilson - No-one knows what is wrong

Lavista - My tailbone has come completely detached

Sandy - How long can I expect to be off work?

Anonymous - Having an operation in August - any advice?

Alice - Sciatiac pain in buttocks

Roberta - Ongoing pain...

BJ - Contracted osteomyelitis of the coccyx from multiple steroid injections

Kathi - Update - Doctors or surgeons in Washington State?

Astrid - Going to France to see Dr Maigne and Prof. Doursounian

V Taylor - Still in pain after a kick 20 years ago

Melissa - Protruding coccyx bone

Natalie - Post surgery - will the pain ever go?

Dianne - West Australian coccydynia sufferer

Helen - Recent coccyx removal in the UK

Jennifer G - Advice before surgery?

Claudia - Surgery 20 years ago, now fallen on my bum

Anonymous - Coccyx pain + depression and surgery + a new lease of life

John - Coccyxdynia for 38 years

Gloria - Update - Pain began with spinning classes

Donna - Operation turned chronic discomfort into pain - now had coccyx removed

Baber Rabbani - No treatment has had any effect

Mark W - Coccyx pain and surgery

Amy - Miserable one year after childbirth

Khrista - My surgery

Anonymous - Sick of coccydinia

Nicki Richardson - Coccyx removal pending

Marnie - Should I have surgery?

RoxAnn - Spina bifida baby?

Astrid - Update - Still no coccyx specialists found in the Netherlands

Daphnejane - Happy with the operation!

Paulina - My surgery experience...

Lory - Changes to tailbone area

Nancy - My recent surgery

Kresimir - Tried everything before going to surgery

Melissa - Great frustration

Amanda - Update - Endometriosis or scoliosis relationship to tailbone pain? - now had surgery

Teresa Fawcett - Still suffering from coccyx pain after surgery

Paul Dean - Lived with discomfort for 30 years, now had surgery

Amanda - I can not sit down and and have just been sacked from my job

Kay Bartz - Doctor removed my tailbone that was floating

Heather - Dislocated coccyx!

Kay Bartz - Doctor removed my tailbone that was floating

Fiona Baker - It felt like there was a firework factory in my backside

Shannah - Going crazy

Rhonda - Coccyx pain after car accident

Brian Dietmeyer - Manual manipulation fixed the coccyx pain

Syrena - Surgery this morning . . . cancelled

Fritz - Coccydynia due to osteoarthritis, resident of New York, USA

Donna - Pain still there after more than 3 years!

Eva - I hurt my tailbone while riding a water slide

Leanne - Coccyx pain for nearly 3 years

Mrs A Chesterton - Symptoms for two years with no relief

Tania Hughes - Nursing and coccydynia

Sherry - Cortisone injection every six months relieves the pain

Anonymous - Coccyx problem: my wife's experience

Lambert - Two years of pain when sitting, and thin flat poo when going to the bathroom

Marcel - The pain in my ass

Sara - Ozone injections for pain

David H - Thank Goodness I found this page!

Monica - Constipation and bloating after coccyx injury

Anonymous - Steroids for abscess?

Kirk - Coccyx removal surgery after recent lumbar spinal fusion

Cara - Roller coaster broke my tailbone!!!

Anonymous - Incapacitated

Sara - Finally got help

Bruce Ashmore - Pain patches don't work so well any more - any doctors around Chicago?

Anonymous - Coccydynia & Levator Ani Syndrome diagnoses - TMS last diagnosis and working

Zedex - The best things I do for my coccyx pain

Ann Armstrong - Are mosquitoes to blame?

Donna - Upcoming surgery

Mel B - Cycling and coccyx injury

Jamie - Injections the key?

Dianna - Physical therapy for poor posture and stability

Melanie - Chi machine

Gwen - My entire day is spent trying to get some pain relief

Missy - Coccyx pain, laminectomy not the answer

Kevin - NMS Solutions helped me immensely

Stefan Tordenmalm - Pain disappears when buttocks are separated

Kelly - Surgery failed, rhizotomy a success

Anonymous - Losing weight made the coccyx more painful

Dorcas - Tailbone pain cured!!!

Casper - Coccyx doctor recommendation for Finland

Shar - Doctors acted like I was making the pain up

Sylvia - Tried everything except surgery

Stubborn Patient - How to get treatment -- my story

Serge - Acupuncture worked for me

Donna - I've fallen and I can't get up!

Bob Knetl - Coccydynia resulting from unrelated surgical procedure

Susan - What can I do now?

Hope - Found "my fountain of youth" with coccyx removal

Melissa - Removal of pilonidal cyst caused scar tissue and pain

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

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

Susan - Surgery to remove tissue caused a fistula

Michelle - Fell off Water Slide.....OUCH!!!!!!

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

Alan - Pain in soft tissue around coccyx area?

Lauren - Persistent pain - going in for surgery

Nicola - Does anything actually help?

Anne - Update - Frustrated with testing

Kirsten - Pregnant and receiving injections

James Morris - Coccyx treatment - just had the injection of corticosteroid

Sharon - Broken T-Bone and surgery to come

Vicki - Injection worked!

Jamie - Puzzling x-ray

Dee - Tailbone pain after bone from hip removed

Colin - Cortisone injection seems to be helping

Anonymous - Finding a doctor in Washington

Ashley Loomis - Tailbone removal

Nicki B - Tailbone pain caused by rare tumor called chordoma

Gogeomol - Fell over the cat

Melissa - Pregnancy and childbirth led to coccyx pain

Trudy - My history of tailbone pain and surgery

Alison E Beach - A new sufferer writes for support and ideas......

Karen - Coccyx does not show on x-ray at all

Kristen Beinlich - Tailbone removed November 5th

Chandler - Bike ride started the pain

Anonymous - Arthritis of the coccyx treated with steroid injections

Martin Sheets - Anyone with experience of Prolotherapy?

Anonymous - No relief in sight!

Karen - Coccyx removed, but pain was caused by Tarlov's cyst

Debbie - Tired of suffering from tailbone pain

Christy - Injections helped, but not enough, so now had surgery

Annette Haas - Update - Tailbone pains in Denmark ;(((

Irina - Shots helped until one went wrong

Julie - To all tailbone ailers

Tandra - Dislocated coccyx removed

Ian Hobson - My injections

Cindee Feliz - Prolotherapy at NMS solutions

Dan Kuykendall - Still waiting for relief

Sabine - Unstable coccyx cured by steroid injections?

Madams - Severe coccyx pain

Ally - Just had my tailbone removed 19 August 2002

Gina - Coccyx broken twice

Carole - Going to have injection

Glynda Wells - Should I try manipulation or go ahead with surgery?

Les - Coccyx woes in Aviano, Italy

Judy Royle - Pregnancy stopped the pain

Samantha - Injection caused more problems!

Nana - Impending surgery

Dominique Bazin - Coccyx removed in Paris

Jeff - Coccyx surgery

Barbara - Finding a surgeon who has a clue!

Marcel - Long term pain in coccyx, awaiting surgery

Michael K - Sacro-coccygeal pain

brstotts - Acupuncture helped eventually

Sue Thompson - How I help my Coccydinia pain

Dana - Rear-ending caused coccyx pain, had surgery

Bev - Tailbone pain from Tarlov cysts

Anonymous - Sitting comfortably

Cathy - Tailbone pain, doctors stumped

Tonya Owen - Coccydynia with leg pain and weakness

Jeff - Unusual symptoms?

Tina Nakai - Looking for a good doc in Los Angeles-South Bay area

Lesley Fulton - Surgery next option

Wendy - Prolotherapy or corticosteroids

Kelly - Mountain bike accident

Robert G - Update - Injured my coccyx while tobogganing - tried acupuncture

Shellie Golden - Having surgery January 16

Chuck - 14 months post accident

Kelly - Coccydynia diagnosed in June 2000

Anonymous - Update - Pain came back after 35 years - Cranio-sacral therapy?

Anonymous - Swollen spot on lower back

Misty - Mystery pain

Mary W - Pain relief

Anonymous - Coccyx pain for over a year, injections didn't help. Also get pain on intercourse, abdominal pain.

Pamela - I had the op

Martin - Injections with manipulation

Anonymous - Pain, pain, go away- don't come again another day!

Ron - Prolotherapy as a treatment for coccydynia

Maria - I've had the op, now let's hope I've lost the pain

Anonymous - I am losing all faith in everything

Helen - Slipped Disc? Don't think so!

Beth - Tailbone removal

Jon Miles - Update - Cycling accident in 1993. Coccyx removed 1999

Kay - I Need Some Relief!!!!

Wendy - Headaches can also be attributed to coccyx - cured by removing coccyx

Nancy - Tried everything but still in pain

Tony - Update - I feel like I've had my butt kicked in Texas

Rory Greenwell - update - Severe pain for over two years. Now had coccyx removed.

Cori - update - I felt a pop coming from my tailbone area...

Jennifer - Pain turned out to be caused by a pilonidal cyst

Laura - Need advice on my coccyx pain

Anonymous - Had surgery, seven months pregnant and can't stand the pain

Robert G - Injured my coccyx while tobogganing

Anonymous- Pain went away

Diane Roberts - Coccygectomy saved my life!

Kim - Surgery success in Arlington, Texas

Barb - Can't sit, husband getting mad

Katrina - twelve years old and have had a pain in the Butt for seven months

Sue - Need help

Anonymous- Surgery Update - eleven weeks post-op

Candy - Coccyx removed seven years ago - no pain now

Christine - Coccydynia since a teenager

Sally Cowell - Update - Sally's sitting saga

Adele D Meyer - Update - Coccyx removed after nine years of pain

Penny H. Craig - Coccyx pain during and after childbirth

Karen Ramaley - Surgery and after

Brenda - Pain just to the left of the tailbone/Massage therapy?

Louise - Partial coccygectomy, but no relief

Mary Bisagno - Update - Pain started in pregnancy, had coccyx removed

Anonymous - Hysterectomy, cortisone shots

Jackie - Levator ani syndrome/vulvodynia

Susan - Tail bone shaped like a V - now removed

Michelle - Does anyone have menstruation problems due to coccyx injury?

Gill - Coccydynia, childbirth and pain relief

Grace - Recurring coccyx and related pain

Kay - Pain is awful

Robin - Tarlov's cysts

Anonymous - Coccyx pain after spinal x-ray with contrast fluid

Margarita Kopper - Trouble finding a doctor who cares

Carolyn - Coccyx removed, best thing I've done in a long time.

Anonymous - After the fall...

Nikki - Caudal Block for Coccydynia

Molly - My pain

Terry Tuell - A real pain in the...Back side

Chris Longthorp - Coccyx/ME/prostatitis - Neurontin

Susan - Unknown cause, unless rear-ending by automobile earlier caused it.

Debra Hopkins - Update - Had coccyx removed a month ago - feeling great.

Cynthia- Started after miscarriage. Seen eighteen doctors, finally had coccyx removed.

M Strawson - Very hard to sleep or stand, but can walk for miles.

TT - only morphine helps. Very depressed.

Maeve - Fractured coccyx. On morphine-like medication.

Sherry - Fractured coccyx eight years ago. Constant pain.

Anonymous- Pain for six years. Worried about surgery.

Jennifer Johnson - Pain after childbirth.

Sarah - Fractured both sacrum and coccyx. Removal of coccyx not effective.

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