Coccydynia Treatment
Can this condition be treated? What Coccydynia treatment options are available? Learn more below about the current treatments available to patients.
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How to Treat Coccydynia
Talk with your doctor about the best treatment plan for you. Treatment options include the following:
- Bed rest
- Use of special pillows to sit on
- Sitz baths (which involves soaking hips and buttocks)
- Medication, including steroid injections, pain medications, stool softeners
- Manual realignment of spine
- Relief of pain by massage of surrounding nerves
- Physical therapy, involving:
- Strengthening of muscles in pelvic area
- Relief and stimulation with heat therapy and ultrasound therapy
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