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Tailbone Disorders: MedlinePlus

Tailbone Pain: How Can I Relieve It?

04/29/2012 08:00 PM EDT

Source: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research

 

Tailbone Disorders

Also called: Coccyx disorders 

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The tailbone is the small bone at the bottom of your backbone, or spine. Tailbone disorders include tailbone injuries, pain, infections, cysts and tumors. You rarely break your tailbone. Instead, most injuries cause bruises or pulled ligaments. A backward fall onto a hard surface, such as slipping on ice, is the most common cause of such injuries. Symptoms of various tailbone disorders include pain in the tailbone area, pain upon sitting, pain or numbness in the arms or legs due to pressure on nerves in the tailbone area, and a mass or growth you can see or feel.

MEDICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA  

• Pilonidal disease
• Tailbone trauma

Related Topics

• Bones, Joints and Muscles

National Institutes of Health

• The primary NIH organization for research on Tailbone Disorders is the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases

Tailbone Pain: How Can I Relieve It?

04/29/2012 08:00 PM EDT

Source: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research