It is in cases like this that the pelvic floor muscles become tight which then pull on the tailbone and present as tailbone pain.
Pelvic floor and tailbone pain.
Hypertonus and protective guarding may be felt when palpating adjacent pelvic floor muscles such as the coccygeus and levator ani.
Ask the client to report any palpation maneuver that reproduces the tailbone pain.
Various pelvic floor muscle spasms tightness etc.
This is a condition that causes spasms in the muscles of the anus.
Joint damage from repetitive motions or general wear and tear from aging can also contribute to tailbone pain.
The pain may be vague or localize to the rectum anus rear of the pelvis or tailbone.
The exact causes of levator syndrome are not known but it is largely attributed to spasm or inflammation in the muscles of the pelvic floor levators.
Falls and other traumas can bruise dislocate or break your tailbone.
Often due to childbirth.
Including pelvic floor muscle spasms that may occur as a guarding reactive response because of tailbone pain and much more.
Limited mobility of the coccyx causes the tailbone to just outward when sitting and can put increased pressure on the bones and the sacrococcygeal joint.
It may happen if you fall backward or get hurt while playing sports like skating and gymnastics.
Pelvic floor physical therapists treat a wide array of conditions including bladder and or bowel incontinence bladder urgency painful intercourse and just plain pelvic pain to name just a few.
The pain may radiate to the tailbone hips or other nearby.
This is intermittent but may last for days in certain cases.
Too much mobility can also pull the pelvic floor muscles that attach to the coccyx resulting in tailbone and pelvic pain.
Tailbone pain can result from bruising dislocation or a broken bone caused by a trauma or injury.
Sacroiliac joint dysfunction also known as sijd or si joint pain is a condition in which the sacroiliac joint in the pelvis moves either too much or too little resulting in pain and often instability of the pelvic girdle.
The sacrococcygeal sacrotuberous and sacrospinous must also be individually evaluated for tenderness.
Limited coccyx movement may also result in pelvic floor muscle tension adding to the discomfort.
