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by I'm a ginger on April 19th, 2007

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I recently fractured my Coccyx *tail bone*, and i was wondering if it has happened to you, what did you get relief from, pain killers aren't working and to apply ice hurts very bad, any suggestions?

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  • by bowlinggreen on April 19th, 2007

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    You may have to get a special pillow that is made of foam, and that looks like a thick toilet seet to sit on for a while.

    One way to accelerate the healing, and also to relieve pain, is to make sure the blood around the area circulates freely and often. You can do this by going into your shower and blasting it with hot water for a minute, then blasting it with super cold water for another minute, then hot water again, as hot as you can stand it, and so on. Do this several times a day for 10 min or so, and this will help it heal faster.

    I had a fracture in my foot once that took 3 months to heal. The other foot fractured (from running) in the same exact way and this time I went to the doctor who told me about the hot/cold thing. The foot that I did the hot/cold treatment to healed much much faster.

    I hope this helps.

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    • thanks for youre answer, the pillow actually made it hurt worse, as weird as it sounds... the only thing that seems to help is laying on my stomach and having a pillow under my stomach/intestinal area so that my coccyx is elevated, but even that is a few minutes worth of no pain then it hurts again...

      I'm a ginger

      by I'm a ginger on April 19th, 2007

    • Interesting... well forget the foam pillow then. I hope that the hot/cold thing is more helpful if you try it. Sounds like a real pain in the butt. No pun intended! :-)

      bowlinggreen

      by bowlinggreen on April 19th, 2007

    • tried the hot in the shower, as soon as i put it on cold i screamed out in pain... tried it again same result, the warm made me feel so good and the cold felt like i was being stabbed over and over

      I'm a ginger

      by I'm a ginger on April 20th, 2007

    • Well that just sucks... sorry, I'm out of any more advice. You can mention these ideas to your doctor next time and see what s/he says. Good luck!

      bowlinggreen

      by bowlinggreen on April 20th, 2007

    • so i found out today why the cold was a non o, went to the dr, and he said that because of my fall and the fact that there was a cut or something back there and i didnt know it it became unclean and now i have a cyst where i fell on top of a fractured coccyx, he told me to put heat heat heat on it all day until it basically pops... and he said thats why i couldnt sit on the donut, it was putting pressure on the cyst

      I'm a ginger

      by I'm a ginger on April 21st, 2007

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