One other way - How to treat coccydynia

CD-Anonymous

Posted 2008-06-01

(See earlier postings at CD-Anonymous 1 and CD-Anonymous 2)

With an Anti-inflammatory life-style (candida cleanse type of foods, deep sleep before 10 PM, tons of stretching, building muscle of the butt)

- candida cleanse type of foods

• I just came off a Candida cleanse diet (no food that furthers the growth of yeast in the body: no sugar, no fermented products, no yeast, no meat, no milk and baked products, no alcohol, no products that you are generally allergic to, and a lot of fish, and anti-inflammatory natural, wholesome foods, and 5-8 Billion Lactobacillus bifidus or variety thereof - "probiotics")
• There are Candida cleansing kits at your health food store
• Yes, I lost 10 lbs in two weeks, It's tough the first 6 days. The secret is to hit the 'sack' bed when you have cravings - works for me. Just eat regular lunch and dinner meals at breakfast: Soups are best, Steamed frozen veggies (cover the pan in clean water, then dump in the frozen veggies, drop in some garlic - garlic eats candida alive), Eat large salads. I actually keep kale, collard, celery, broccoli, and washed salad right in my office fridge to munch on when I get the slightest hunger pang.
• OK. You think you can't do it, right ? But you can, because we remember Pavlov's dog experiment - conditioning. We are out to re-educate our taste buds through conditioning the eye-brain-taste bud connection. It's like a tune-up for the taste buds. Now I actually get a craving for collards,
• 40% of men have yeast overgrowth in the intestines, and 70% of women have it too. Yeast overgrowth also occurs when the good bacteria are killed by antibiotics and consumption of cortisone drugs.
• Just ease yourself slowly off this diet and the results and improved life force will speak for itself, not to mention the compliments that people will give you for looking 10 years younger

- Sleep before 10 PM - deep sleep furthers the body's cleansing and rebuilding, and especially assisting the liver (our much neglected organ) to do the heavy job of detoxifying the body. Deep sleep before 10 PM also releases Human Growth Hormone, Melatonin, and other beneficial hormones to make us younger, less aged, more energetic, lose weight faster, stronger will power next day, and less cravings. I just put myself on a 'sleep diet' to help me drive the point home.

- Tons of stretching - the coccydynia muscles tissue is involuntary tissue (it's tough to move it unless you really 'kick up your heels'). I practice on a solid mat, resting on 'all fours' and kick my heels gently up into the air as steep as I can. Try it. It's a worthwhile exercise, even for the real athletes, and it builds your butt muscles, and gets the coccyx tissue moving, and keeps it supplied with nutrients via blood flow.

- Memory foam sleeping mattress,

- doing sit-ups while sitting on yoga block foam blocks,

- using my 'relax the back', 'ergo-rite' coccyx saver cushion,

- Sitting across two chairs where possible,

- using a lap-top computer to work standing up and shifting to my regular desk when I get tired of standing (make sure you walk around and stretch and lift your legs up to hip-height to prevent blood from pooling in your legs and forming crystal deposits in your feet, or get plantar fasciitis).

One important caution: don't ever sit prolonged time on your heals without a thick cushion between your butt and your heels, or you may stretch your .... ligament, in the knee (forgot the name). I did it the wrong way and learned the hard way and it cost a lot of time and money for treatments.