This actually sounds like a pilonidal cyst. They are abscesses that can be caused by a lot of sitting, or frequent sitting on a bumpy ride (horses!) I had one, they're excruciating. I had horrible pain in my tailbone but I'm such a klutz that I just figured I'd missed sitting in a chair and nailed the armrest instead and bruised my butt and couldn't remember. Then one day I felt a tickle going down my buttcrack.. figured it was a hair because I had long hair at the time and every once in a while I'd end up with a piece falling down the back of my britches. When I checked it out, though, it was wet with a mix of blood and thin pus. I freaked the hell out. It turned out that for me, it wasn't that big a deal. The doctor left it open to drain on its own and I took some antibiotics and put neosporin on it. It took a long time for it to go away, but it did eventually and hasn't come back yet. (It's been about 5 years
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my ass gets out of joint on a very regular basis. seriously.
of course, i've broken it once (hard fall onto concrete) and there's arthritic changes, but i can literally feel my tailbone with my fingers and tell that it isn't sitting right.
it blows, but...i'm nearly 50, menopausal, and have other health issues also. it is what it is.
My PT often does work on my SI (sacroiliac) and it HURTS LIKE HELL when she does. I usually spend the next day on a stomach support cushion.
It does get better after that, but I usually take a lot of anti inflammatory meds, use an arnica cream, rest and get a 30 min session in a hot tub if I can stand it.
Honestly I sometimes don't have a life between PT. But I am a lot stronger and more stable. I have a couple of curves in my spine (forward and to the side) with hyper mobile joints and chronic pelvic pain. Along with the intense PT, pain meds & sweeping lifestyle changes (never crossing my legs, carrying a backpack instead of a purse, using a lift in one shoe, etc.) I have a modicum of a lifestyle.
I would say if possible find a good physio that does strength and manipulation, and has some idea how the body in sport works. It doesn't do any good to release a muscle/tension if the imbalance that created the tension is not fixed. You'll just twist it up again. In fact just the way you sit may be causing the stress initially. It's insane
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Ooer. I have that too! I always thought it was because I broke my tailbone as a kid and figured that maybe it'd just never healed or something. It never occurred to me that it could be a fibro issue.
... which is to say that I have no idea how to fix it, but best of luck!
My tailbone doesn't hurt ... until it is touched directly. Then it screams and wails for days or weeks, depending. I am lucky in the angle of my pelvic region in that my tailbone is relatively tucked away. Even with my weigh loss, it remains safe. The only danger is only from a physical therapist/rolfer/massage. I just list it as a no-touch zone. I never associated with Fibromyalgia. I know I broke it when I was a kid. At the Rolf Institute, it was said that the tailbone pain indicates some deep, repressed emotional trauma. Hmmm. It is also said that Fibromyalgia is the result trauma(s). The deep emotional trauma diagnosis is true in my case, but it is also easy to say because so many people have been traumatized in one way or another. We all have different tolerances, or lack thereof
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of course, i've broken it once (hard fall onto concrete) and there's arthritic changes, but i can literally feel my tailbone with my fingers and tell that it isn't sitting right.
it blows, but...i'm nearly 50, menopausal, and have other health issues also. it is what it is.
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It does get better after that, but I usually take a lot of anti inflammatory meds, use an arnica cream, rest and get a 30 min session in a hot tub if I can stand it.
Honestly I sometimes don't have a life between PT. But I am a lot stronger and more stable. I have a couple of curves in my spine (forward and to the side) with hyper mobile joints and chronic pelvic pain. Along with the intense PT, pain meds & sweeping lifestyle changes (never crossing my legs, carrying a backpack instead of a purse, using a lift in one shoe, etc.) I have a modicum of a lifestyle.
I would say if possible find a good physio that does strength and manipulation, and has some idea how the body in sport works. It doesn't do any good to release a muscle/tension if the imbalance that created the tension is not fixed. You'll just twist it up again. In fact just the way you sit may be causing the stress initially. It's insane ( ... )
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... which is to say that I have no idea how to fix it, but best of luck!
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