Tailbone pain

If you have been wondering what can cause a tailbone pain, perhaps the following can provide a simple approach to describe the possible causes of tailbone pain:

Physical Injury

In our chiropractic practice, physical injury is the most common cause of tailbone pain.  An injury usually occurs after an unusual (traumatic) force is applied to the coccyx (tailbone) area.

The physical tailbone injuries can be divided into a  blunt force and a gradual force that is applied to the tailbone area.  Read more


Pathological Process of a Disease

When suspecting a pathology, we refer the patient to other medical specialists to evaluate and rule out the pathology.   MRI of  coccyx is one of the tests that can rule out some of the pathologies of coccyx and pelvic area. 

Psychological Factors

Although there is a possibility of psychosomatic reflexes or psychological causes of tailbone pain, we have not observed such clinical cases in our practice.

Referred Pain

Sometimes the pain is referred to the coccyx from other anatomical structures due to the trauma or pathology.

Idiopathic

When the source of the tailbone pain is unknown or obscure, it can be classified as an idiopathic tailbone pain.   Some of the idiopathic tailbone pain can be due to the gradual traumatic forces.