Experiencing Tailbone Pain?

Did you know pelvic floor physical therapy can help with this?

The tailbone can also become broken, dislocated, misaligned, or bruised in a variety of different ways. Some common trauma includes:

• Traumatic injury

• Fall backward onto your bottom

• Car accident

• Pregnancy and childbirth

• Horseback riding on a bumpy trail

Can pelvic floor physical therapy help?

YES! B unfortunately, the most common advice given to pregnant and breastfeeding women is to just wait until delivery or until you’re done breastfeeding for the pain to decrease. This advice is based solely on the idea that pain is caused by relaxin levels. Relaxin’s role is to improve ligament laxity and improve mobility in the pelvis in preparation for delivery. Recent studies suggest that there is no correlation between relaxin levels and pelvic pain. So if there is no correlation between relaxin levels and pelvic pain, why wait to receive treatment?

Here at Shift Physical Therapy, our Pelvic Floor Physical Therapists can:

• Realignment of the coccyx, SI joint, and pelvis if the therapist finds them out of their optimal position

• Mobilizations to the tailbone that can be either internal and/or external including gentle distraction

• Manual therapy including soft tissue work and myofascial release to the muscles surrounding the tailbone (internal or external)

• Stretches and exercises to relax the pelvic floor, hip muscles, and back muscles

• Exercises for any other contributing factors located around the tailbone including (for example: hip or core strengthening)

• Pain relief strategies including cushions for sitting and use of ice or heat

Are you needing a little more help?

If you are needing a little more help, we set aside time in our schedule where you can talk directly with a healthcare professional who specializes in tailbone pain.

Get scheduled at our St. George location today.