Symptoms of coccyx compression

The coccyx compresses the nerves and causes pain in the coccyx area, which affects our body. Many people are unable to exercise normally, so we should take certain preventive measures for our bodies, which can enable us to better face various sports and reduce the risk of disease. If relevant symptoms have already occurred, go to the hospital's orthopedic department for diagnosis and treatment in time. So, what are the symptoms of coccyx compression of the nerve?

1. Symptoms

Patients usually experience coccyx pain when sitting or after sitting for a long time. The degree of pain varies depending on the hardness of the chair or the length of time they sit. The patient will feel tingling in the coccyx. The area around the coccyx is very sensitive and it will feel very painful when pressing the coccyx lightly with the fingers. Sometimes the pain radiates down the legs. Some people also experience more pain in the coccyx during bowel movements and during menstruation in women.

Because patients often sit on the side where their coccyx does not hurt, problems with their pelvis soon arise, causing the pelvis to press on the nerves, causing numbness and pain in the back and feet, and the situation becomes worse day by day.

2. Treatment Methods

1. Take painkillers

2. Electrotherapy, massage and appropriate exercise can all be helpful.

3. Local injection of analgesics can provide relief for some patients

4. If the coccyx is broken, surgery is required, but it is rare that the coccyx needs to be removed due to severe pain.

5. You need a proper cushion made of moderate material, not too hard or too soft.

Specific treatment can be achieved by changing the sitting posture, that is, try to sit with your thighs to reduce the weight and pressure on the buttocks; when sitting, you can use air cushions or air rings to suspend the painful area to prevent local compression and thus relieve pain.

Secondly, it can be treated with infrared, ultrasound, ion introduction, massage, acupuncture, cupping, Chinese medicine oral and external application, etc. If Chinese medicine is used for external application, the drugs that relax muscles and tendons, promote blood circulation and relieve pain can be put into a cloth bag, put into a pot, add water and boil it, and then apply wet heat to the affected area; local application of blood circulation and pain relief ointment or musk analgesic ointment is also effective; go to the hospital for local blockade, that is, use 2-4 ml of 2% procaine plus 0.5-1 ml of hydrocortisone acetate to block the local pain points, which can achieve immediate results.

If the coccyx deformity is obvious and conservative treatment is ineffective, surgery is the only option.