My speciality is chiropractic. I am a registered chiropractor and Fellow of the [United Kingdom] College. I have been in practice for 26 years and have over 46,000 patients registered at my clinics in Wilmslow and Manchester. I regularly treat coccydynia - a recent audit found an average of 16 patients per week consulting me suffering from pain in the coccyx and/or the perineal regions.
I have lectured on many occasions to medical audiences on the subject; have traveled abroad to Europe, the Middle East and the USA to diagnose and treat patients (the last trip was to Athens 12 days ago) and regularly have patients flying in from abroad for treatment.
Coccydynia is a very painful and distressing condition that affects female patients more than male patients. This is partly because of the link with childbirth and gynaecological examinations and partly because of the anatomical differences. The results are often extremely quick - a couple of treatments can often make a massive improvement - and the success rate is remarkably good. There is almost no case for surgery and very rarely any need for the more invasive therapies.
Dr Scott Middleton, Langworthy Medical Centre, 250 Langworthy Road, Salford M6 5WW, Tel: 0161 736 9855, Fax: 0161 925 0300, and Wilmslow Chiropractic Clinic, 15 Lindow Parade, Chapel Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5JL, Tel 01625 531164, Fax: 01625 549616.
Updated 2003-12-07