Hi, I get serve pain in my tail bone area. It comes out of the blue. I take ibuprofen and sit in a hot bath and it goes away. After the episode the area feels a little sore. Like I said it happens out of the blue. It is so painful it will wake me up. This has been happening for years. It will go away for months then just hurt for no reason. I can not recall a fall or any trauma to the area. Thank you
Hi your condition is common and is called Coccydynia(pain in the coccyx). The pain usually starts after sitting on a hard surface. In my practice I prescribe 1. Painkillers and muscle relaxants(for a week / 10 days)2. Sits bath (as you are doing) 3. Exercises for gluteal muscles and Spinal Extension exercises(Almost lifelong). If pain does not subside or recurs then I would go for local infiltration OD steroids.