Pain in coccsyx after miscarriage - Dr. ignoring me, advice?!

[pixiella]

I've had a pain in my coccsyx (tailbone) since just after my miscarriage in April (2007), it's much worse coming up to my period and during.

It's a weird sort of pain - in the way that when I touch it or press on it it doesn't hurt at all but when I stand up from being sat down it feels like gravity or pressure or something goes to that area and it's a very concentrated tender pain. It also hurts when I sit in a certain way.

The other thing that worries me if that it hurts when I tense my pelvic floor muscles...

I'm thinking maybe it's not my coccsyx specifically but that's just the only thing I can think of in the area where it hurts IYSWIM...

My mum made the point that some organs/parts of the body don't have pain receptors and maybe I'm just feeling the pain in the nearest place which as a pain receptor and maybe it's somewhere like my womanly parts..lol.

I went to my doctor and described the pain to her she went blank and asked me what I meant by 'coccsyx' and I said "err...my tailbone..!" This immediately filled me with confidence..(I thought a doctor would know the medical word for a tailbone!)
She then sighed, looked confounded and said "well you know..you say that this pain came about around the time of your pregnancy - sometimes emotional pain can manifest itself in other ways....maybe once you've had your counselling the pain will go away"
and I asked her - wouldn't it be better to rule out anything physically wrong first?

and she said "if you were hoping for an xray i don't think that's really necessary".

and left it at that! This pain has been going on for 8 months now!
I really want to find out what it is, but my doctor made me feel stupid - I already don't trust doctors and I'm not confident enough to go again... : (

Do you think she was suggesting that my pain was psychosomatic?

n.b my hospital discharge note said I had had a 'complete' miscarriage.

That sounds exactly like my coccyx pain, which I have had since my baby was born. I did injure my coccyx during the birth though. However my health visitor injured hers just by sitting on a hard seat all day once, and still has problems, so it could just be coincidental that it happened at time of m/c? Although your ligaments and things are looser when pregnant so you'd probably be more at risk of dislocating it then. The classic sign of coccyx pain is that it hurts to sit on hard surfaces and also hurts when going from sitting to standing.

TBH though, there is nothing much that can be done for it..it just takes AGES to get better, I find sitting on a special cushion with a cut out at the back helps. So it wouldn't really matter if the GP took you seriously, mine does but hasn't been able to do anything for it

lol - i see ! yes that does sounds exactly like my pain, like i said on the other thread i posted on miscarriage topic i am suprised but also relieved that other people get it too!

Thanks for the advice, maybe it is just a case of waiting it out but on the other thread some people said that acupuncture, seeing an ostepath, massage to the area and pilates really helped! So i think im gonna try some of those too (although not acupuncture or ostepath cos i can't afford that!)

thanks, take carexx

Oh, I must visit that thread!!!

it's on the miscarriage/feeling depressed board and has more or less the same title as this one.

hope it helps you too! xx

Thanks, it really is a pain in the bum