Left with tailbone pain - any other experiences? I'm o

[Alicia870]

I posted here a few weeks ago about my rough recovery from my labour 9 weeks ago. Now that things have somewhat settled, it's pretty clear I've been left with pain in my tailbone/coccyx. I'm not sure if it's due to the labour being back to back, but the whole area feels very tense and tight and just uncomfortable.

I've been going to physio who have advised pelvic release stretches which I've been doing religiously. But I'm still very uncomfortable and it turns to actual pain when I've been on my feet for a while. Anyone had this and recovered or have any tips?

It was a year before I was 95% better after coccyx injury during pushing. I had a year of physio. It’s not an easy thing to heal and takes a lot of time. Do as the physio instructs and be patient.

I did get there in the end but it was a very very long recovery.

Sorry not to have a more positive story.

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As foxglovestar said it takes a long time and lots of physio but does get better. I would say though that 2 years down the line I still get coccyx pain if I sit on a hardish chair for any length of time I.e. in a meeting.

@Alicia870 Hi, been there. I'm really sorry. Like others said, likely to take a long time.
My journey : excruciating pain for 7 months, 8 more with severe pain. Then more manageable. Still suffer from chronic pain now, years later but NOTHING like after birth.

I would invest in a coccyx sero pressure cushion and ask your GP for a pain management plan (be insistant) as well as the physio.
In a nutshell, do your pelvic floor exercises. If you have a hypertense pelvic floor (about 20% of women) , physio should do release work + teach you how to relax the muscles fully.
Any scaring can pull one way or another so physio might teach you how to massage and do scar release work.
In this early phase, use coccyx cushion, avoid sitting as much as you can, use drugs (check with GP, normally max dose of paracetamol a day for as long as it takes), use all the support you can get, do all the physio work. Also ask about hospital pilates to strengthen your core. It's equally important.
You will not notice improvements for for weeks and months at a time and it can be disheartening but keep going, it will get better.

I had this. Back to back birth also. I'm a sports massage therapist and, true to form, didn't get the correct treatment on myself.

Pain did go after about 2 and a half years. I'm now 17 weeks and it's back joy of joys!

@Alicia870 I forgot the all important glutes!!! They need to be relaxed. Physio can release with massage and you can do gentle glute stretches.

I had this for at least a year. I thought I was the only one!

Thanks everyone. I went back to my doctor and asked for a physio referral as I'm paying for private physio and it's just too pricey. I have typical post natal issues that need to be improved with physio and it's going to take a long time. Diastasis which has led to a very weak core meaning my back and pelvic pain is worse, tight muscles in my pelvic area and uncomfortable scar tissue from episiotomy.
Joyous stuff to behold. Gp has told me to take diclofenac st full dose for2 weeks to see if it might settle any inflammation in the pelvis. Almost 11 weeks post birth now-hope I can be pain free some day.