My husband's poor little bum...?!


Question: He fell real hard on his tailbone yesterday, snowboarding. He never complains about anything, so I know it is bad. He is so miserable. His lower back and tailbone hurt badly. It hurts for him to sit down and to bend over.

He is going to see the Doctor tomorrow. My husband wants an x-ray, to find out how severe it is. What can they do for a fractured tailbone??? Are they just going to send him home and tell him to ice it? Anyone experienced this before.... how long does it take to heal?

Thank you for your help.


Answers: He fell real hard on his tailbone yesterday, snowboarding. He never complains about anything, so I know it is bad. He is so miserable. His lower back and tailbone hurt badly. It hurts for him to sit down and to bend over.

He is going to see the Doctor tomorrow. My husband wants an x-ray, to find out how severe it is. What can they do for a fractured tailbone??? Are they just going to send him home and tell him to ice it? Anyone experienced this before.... how long does it take to heal?

Thank you for your help.

I was hit with a softball yup in my bum my tailbone was broken and mine got an infection in the bone and I had to get my tailbone removed and be on iv antiobiotics for a long time.What they do Is take an Xray to make sure if the bone is broken or not and they also want to make sure there isnt bone that chiped off and damged something else.They ask if you have any numbness or burning and if you do that may mean nevers are damaged and if you dont have any numbness or burning they Give you An antinflamtory to reduce swelling such as naproxen and a pain medication because its painfull they also recomend getting a dounut to sit on its a half circle and helps to not put as much pressure on the area.And heat and ice thats about all they can do.It takes along time before its totally pain free again about 6 months.Good luck hope he gets to feeling better soon.

Generally there isn't much you can do for a broken tail bone other than icing and pain medication.

samething happened to my brother when snowboarding. he might have a brace around his waist for a while and they will tell him to take it easy. they cant do too much for it but let it heal

in skwl a person feel off there chair and broke there tailbone, they just get lyk a cushin dougnut its called for you to sit on so it wont hurt as much but it will heal fast?? i dunno it depends realli

There is nothing that they can do. They will give him some pain medication, and one of those rings to sit on. Then they will charge you tons of money for telling you that there is nothing they can do.

Careful, I herniated a disc and it wasn't diagnosed fro 9 months. The most painful thing ever......it can only be diagnosed with an mri

As long as there are no bone splinters and it is only the tailbone they will probably let it heal naturaly. Thats several weeks - hubby will be sitting on one of those little inflatable donuts for a while.

That would be a good thing to ask when you go to the hospital tomorrow. If you're in a hurry for some reason and want the information right away, you can definitely go to webmd.com or a medical site like that and it will have the information you want.

Or just Google a phrase like "fractured tail bone treatment."

When I was younger and showing off my new ability to do flips backwards, I forgot that there were stairs going down behind me and landed right on my tailbone. It is the worst spot to get hurt because there is very little they can do about it. They cant tape it, strap it, put it in a sling. And its a highly used area.
It will take a few weeks to stop hurting if the bone is simply bruised. If it is chipped it can take a couple of months before you can sit comfortably. They made me wear this strange body thing (reminded me of a corset for the back and bum area) that makes u sit in a way that puts less strain on the bone.
Hope he feels better soon and its nothing serious

i fell over during a speedskating session many years ago
[there was a scare about distal gesic painkillers at the time]
i felt every bump on the busride home!!
was about 15 at the time
doctor recond i could have fractured my coxix
guess what he prescribed - yup you guessed it - i never took them - he went beserk when next i saw him

i have never forgotton that bottom line [no pun intended] the only answer is stong painkillers and time

wow yeah thats a painful one, I fractured mine iceskating. They dont really do much for you, it cant be cast so its hard to treat, mine took a good 6mos to heal and still gave me trouble for several years after that. I was not kind to mine as I was 11 at the time and still rode horses and did things I shouldnt have. Follow the docs advice so it will heal quickly. For tonight give him ibuprofin or tylanol to reduce pain and inflimation and ice the affected area.

he will probably get a butt cast

broken tailbone wont heal unless surgery is given

My mother broke her tailbone while pregnant with me...she said all they made her do was stay in bed. Not sure if there is much they can do for it!





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