Personal experiences of manual treatments for coccyx pain

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Taunya - Upcoming surgery, any advice? (now 7 weeks post-op)

Susy - The only position I am pain-free is standing

Trudy Brown - Coccyx pain - still recovering

Mark - Like others, things are falling apart

Sami Ghazwan - Special physiotherapy at 'Splendid' clinic is a miracle

Kay - Tailbone constantly pops out of place

Cathryn - The pain gradually went away

Nilton - Update - Coccyx related pain - nerve block caused arachnoiditis

Josh - An unfortunate sneeze . . my coccydinia

Kelly - "Just Deal With It"

Rick - Looking for relief in New Jersey

Denise - Cyst near coccyx - Seattle

Anonymous - Doctors in Puerto Rico

O. Adams - Coccyx edema

Anonymous - Finally pain free

Sarah - My never ending coccyx pain

Chris - Manipulation cured my twelve months of pain in a few minutes

Veronica Miller - Fall caused extreme pain, but for the most part it doesn't bother me anymore

Carolyn - Free at last!

Toni - Relief in Houston

Becky - Some chiropractors can cure this pain, but not all

Nilton - Coccyx related pain - help wanted

Graham - Freak biking incident

Paula - Osteopathic manipulations helped

Melissa - Highly recommend surgery - Iowa

Anita - Seeking a cure for coccyx pain

Sarah - Update - Can anyone help?

Pingee - Any help in Singapore?

Debby - Alexander technique for coccyx pain

Donna - Fused tailbone

Sharon - Should I have a second surgery?

Libby - I have suffered from tail bone pain for over twenty years

Dianne - West Australian coccydynia sufferer

Anonymous - Self treatment for occasional coccyx pain

Joanne - My coccyx agony

Mark W - Coccyx pain and surgery

Anonymous - Sick of coccydinia

Cheree - Aussie in a lot of pain

Marnie - Should I have surgery?

Paulina - My surgery experience...

Nancy - My recent surgery

Bob - Coccyx pain gone

Kim - Ever thought you were going MAD!!!

Alan Palmer - Pain in the backside cured

Kresimir - Tried everything before going to surgery

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

Jemma - Effective exercises that helped me so much

Lee - Coccyx pain has been cured

Sandra - Update - Surgery after nearly 10 years of pain

Lora - Tailbone pain starts at 16

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

Beth - Competetive cyclist with family history of coccydynia

Heather - Dislocated coccyx!

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

Deb Smith - Coccydynia plus a sore on the back

Kay Bartz - Doctor removed my tailbone that was floating

Christie - Nearly full recovery from chronic pain after 1 visit to orthopaedic doctor who is also an osteopath!

Shannah - Going crazy

Rhonda - Coccyx pain after car accident

Brian Dietmeyer - Manual manipulation fixed the coccyx pain

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

Donna - Pain still there after more than 3 years!

Sandra - Surgery after nearly 10 years of pain

Angela - Long time coccyx pain seems to be going away

Nina - Chiropractic seems to be helping

Gemma King - Coccygectomy has it's risks but it is the best thing that has ever happened to me

Dianne - Relief given by manual massage of the rectal muscles

Jeanne - I'm 95% cured finally!! No more tailbone pain!

Carmen - Tried everything else, now considering surgery

Nad Adkins - Inversion therapy

Leanne - Coccyx pain for nearly 3 years

Wendy - Coccyx pain after giving birth

Marjaana - Training after coccyx removal?

Polly - Coccyx removal and natural healing ... it can be done

Mrs A Chesterton - Symptoms for two years with no relief

Mary Jo - Pelvis and coccyx pain after losing weight

Tania Hughes - Nursing and coccydynia

Kristen - The day before I went into labour I fell down my basement stairs

Anonymous - Coccyx problem: my wife's experience

Lisa - My Odyssey into Dante's Inferno

Joel - Oh My Achy Breaky Back & Butt

Pam - Hysterectomy didn't cure the pain - please help

Carmel - Physiotherapy treatment for coccydynia

Victoria - Pain, spasms and a hammer

Monica - Constipation and bloating after coccyx injury

Pixie - Surgery soon

Lynne - Is there no end?

Alba - Chiropractor pressed too hard

Anonymous - Incapacitated

Sara - Finally got help

Kathi - I was told that I would just have to wait 6 months to a year to see if it improves

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

Donna - Upcoming surgery

Susan - Miracles do happen!

Zedex - The best things I do for my coccyx pain

Justin Thompson - Australian sufferers? And cut-out chairs?

Monica Stace - Coccyx problem 80% improved

Mel B - Cycling and coccyx injury

Dianna - Physical therapy for poor posture and stability

Melanie - Chi machine

Anonymous - Pain began with spinning classes

Julia - Swelling of joints after chiropractic treatment?

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

Andy - It's not excruciating, but it is ruining my life

Kevin - NMS Solutions helped me immensely

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

Sylvie - Après je suis allée voir une chiroprateur, la douleur a disparu et n'est plus revenu

Karen - Had coccygectomy after other treatments failed

Monica - Doctors in the Netherlands?

Sylvia - Tried everything except surgery

Rose - Osteopathy treatment

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

Spike - Ulcerative proctitis? IBS? Arthritis?

Ammon Lovell - Update - Inhaling helium made me pass out

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

Mike Davison - Success with the surgery

Nad - Muscle spasm caused the pain

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

Anonymous - There are excellent alternatives to surgery!

Antonina Breen - Thirteen year sufferer

Susan - What can I do now?

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

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

Brenda - Self-manipulation of the coccyx

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

Anonymous - Coccyx bent to 90 degrees

Anonymous - Recovery after two years!

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

Elizabeth - Tailbone - lower legs - feet

Lisa - Fell down the stairs

Nicola - Does anything actually help?

Anna - Despairing from Kent

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

Dee - Tailbone pain after bone from hip removed

Ashley Loomis - Tailbone removal

Nicki B - Tailbone pain caused by rare tumor called chordoma

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

Melissa - Pregnancy and childbirth led to coccyx pain

Anonymous - Coccyx pain slowly got better after treatment by a chiropractor

Kristen Beinlich - Tailbone removed November 5th

Carole S - Drugs and physical therapy don't help me, doctor advises against cortisone

Jamie - Puzzling x-ray

David - Pain came on after back strain

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

Madams - Update - Severe coccyx pain

Gina Parnell - A continuous battle

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

Cindee Feliz - Prolotherapy at NMS solutions

Judy Isaacson - Yoga for back and coccyx pain

Aimee - Coccyx pain and surrounding muscle spasms

Ally - Just had my tailbone removed 19 August 2002

Craig Banks - Manipulation by chiropractor stopped the pain

Anonymous - Frustrating tailbone pain

Marilyn Dyck - Tuina massage therapy

Abdulla Almorran - Coccyx pain much better after cupping

Scott - Treating coccyx injury with acupuncture?

Judy Royle - Pregnancy stopped the pain

Martin - Update - Injections with manipulation

Gracie - Need to find a professional

Jeff - Coccyx surgery

Pat - Help wanted and needed

Michael K - Sacro-coccygeal pain

Dana - Rear-ending caused coccyx pain, had surgery

Anonymous - Sitting comfortably

Tonya Owen - Coccydynia with leg pain and weakness

Charlotte A. Jagneaux - Searching for a treatment

Alex - Activator treatment, Ossatron

Lisa Marie Andres - A long-term tailbone solution that worked great for me!

Mark - Unknown cause with bad symptoms, in Canada

Frederick Darrah - It's TENSION Folks

Lisa - Surgery imminent

Lesley Fulton - Surgery next option

Lorraine - Update - Coccygectomy

Wendy - Prolotherapy or corticosteroids

Sandra - Ibuprofen and physical therapy didn't help

Karen - Coccyx problem and Bowen Technique

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

Todd - Read this book

Shellie Golden - Having surgery January 16

Chuck - 14 months post accident

Laura - Tailbone pain - no cause

Louise - Bowen therapy gave relief

Misty - Mystery pain

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

Pamela - I had the op

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

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

Anonymous - I am losing all faith in everything

Stacie Pouh - Pain free at last

Tanya - Some great news for sore butts!!!!

Anita Ogletree - THE PAIN!!!

Melanie - My pain is at times excruciating

Lisa - Update - Rollerblading fall

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

Nancy - Tried everything but still in pain

Joanne - Doctor said operation could cause loss of use of bowel and womb

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

Kellie - Pain without injury

Len - Physicians in Western Canada?

Laura - Need advice on my coccyx 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

Danielle - Fell down stairs - worst pain that I have ever felt in my life

Sue - Need help

Julie - After trying many treatments, an unusual manual therapy cured the pain

Stacie - Slipped on bus steps - now has plantar fasciitis as well as coccyx pain

Christine - Coccydynia since a teenager

Sally Cowell - Update - Sally's sitting saga

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

Carol - Chiropractic Logan procedure worked

Greg Thibeaux - Update - Eventually had coccyx removed

Penny H. Craig - Coccyx pain during and after childbirth

Jennifer E First - Success - Almost!

Jenny Rogers - Clear Passage, horse riding

Barbara Anne Barnes - Sharing

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

Jackie - Levator ani syndrome/vulvodynia

Susan - Tail bone shaped like a V - now removed

Gill - Coccydynia, childbirth and pain relief

Christine Fitzgerald - Physical Therapy May Help!

Grace - Recurring coccyx and related pain

Anonymous - After many years of pain, got relief from 'Clear Passage' in Florida

Robin - Tarlov's cysts

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

Donna - Coccyx bent forward at a ninety degree angle

Darienne McAuley - Update - Another happy listener :-(

Anonymous - After the fall...

Molly - My pain

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

Tami Ross - Coccyx pain and tumour

Chris Longthorp - Coccyx/ME/prostatitis - Neurontin

Anonymous - Injured coccyx from waterslide

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

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

Lois - Fall last July. Trying physical therapy, painkillers.

Anonymous- Chiropractic works, but only temporary.

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

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

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