How to relieve coccyx pain? These little tips will help you solve

In daily life, long-term sitting or overwork will easily lead to coccyx pain, which may be caused by lumbar disease or lumbar disc herniation. You should pay attention to the maintenance of your waist. There are many ways to relieve coccyx pain. You should pay attention to your sitting posture. You can do proper exercises to move the waist joints to reduce pain. You can also use massage therapy. You can press your waist with both hands to relieve coccyx pain. In terms of diet, you can eat more foods high in calcium, pay more attention to rest and daily sitting posture, and avoid standing or sitting for a long time.

What to do if your coccyx hurts

1. Sit in the right posture and don’t sit for long periods of time

Regarding sitting posture, actually, working in an office is really uncomfortable. It's okay in an open office, but if it's a cubicle, the space is very small and it's really depressing. And if you don't get up and walk around from time to time, you will end up sitting for a long time.

If you want to change, you need to keep your head up, chest out, and stomach in, and sit in two-thirds of the seats, or if it is a swivel chair, fill it up fully. Get up and walk around after sitting for half an hour or an hour, and you can put the water cup somewhere farther away from yourself.

2. Circumference method to relieve coccyx pain

Sit on a chair with your upper body straight, neck upright, and your hands placed naturally on your thighs (original state). Inhale and slowly lift your shoulders upward, which looks like shrugging your shoulders. Exhale and slowly lower your shoulders from front to back to return to the original position. Repeat 12-15 times. Reverse the movement, inhale and lift your shoulders from back to front, exhale and lower them. Repeat 12-15 times. This can fully relax the neck muscles and promote blood circulation.

3. Toothpicks are as effective as acupuncture in relieving back pain

Can acupuncture treat back pain? The evidence is mixed. A 2009 study surveyed hundreds of people with chronic back pain and found some surprising results. Those who received simulated acupuncture, where their skin was simply pricked with a toothpick, experienced the same benefits as those who received real acupuncture. What's more, after 8 weeks, both groups felt significantly better than those who had not received acupuncture.

What are the causes of coccyx pain?

1. Coccyx pain may be pseudococcyx pain

There are sensory nerves and coccygeal nerves in the coccyx area. When there is a lesion in the reproductive and urinary system in the pelvic cavity, the pain will involve the coccygeal nerves through the sacral nerve, causing pseudo-coccygealgia. The pain can be acute or chronic. Patients are often unable to sit or stand in a normal manner and always feel more comfortable lying in bed or standing. The pain is sometimes concentrated only at the tip of the coccyx, with local tenderness, while for some people the pain range is more vague. The pain is sometimes exacerbated by increased pressure on the levator ani muscles. If the pain worsens at night or when you cough or sneeze continuously, you should be especially careful, because sometimes tumors near the coccyx or spinal tumors can cause similar symptoms.

2. Coccyx pain is caused by lumbar disc herniation

When coccyx pain occurs, the first thing to consider is the radiating pain caused by lumbar disc herniation compressing the nerves. It is recommended to do a lumbar CT scan first to confirm the specific condition. If it is lumbar disc herniation, conservative massage treatment is recommended. At the same time, you should do self-exercise: you can lie prone on the bed, stretch your arms and legs forward and backward, and lift them up. This can strengthen the lumbar muscles and relieve the symptoms of coccyx pain. It should be noted that you should pay attention to the treatment of lumbar disc herniation. Only when the lumbar disc herniation is cured can you completely get rid of coccyx pain.

What are the causes of coccyx protrusion?

1. External causes of coccygeal herniation

External factors include injury, fatigue, cold and dampness stimulation, etc. Cold or dampness can cause small blood vessels to constrict, muscles to spasm, and increase pressure on the intervertebral discs.

In addition, the intervertebral disc has its own anatomical weaknesses. The intervertebral disc gradually lacks blood supply after adulthood, and its repair ability weakens. In addition, the lumbar spine is physiologically lordotic, thick in front and thin in the back, the fibrous ring on the posterolateral side of the intervertebral disc is relatively weak, and the posterior longitudinal ligament gradually narrows to the lumbar spine. In daily life and work, due to weight-bearing and spinal movement, the intervertebral discs are often squeezed, pulled and twisted from all sides, so they are prone to degenerative changes such as atrophy and reduced elasticity.

2. Internal causes of lumbar disc herniation

The internal causes are mainly degeneration of the lumbar intervertebral disc itself or developmental defects of the intervertebral disc. The lumbar intervertebral disc is composed of three parts: nucleus pulposus, cartilage plate and annulus fibrosus. The degeneration of the nucleus pulposus is mainly manifested by a decrease in water content, which can cause small-scale pathological changes such as instability and loosening of the intervertebral disc joint due to water loss; the degeneration of the annulus fibrosus is mainly manifested by a decrease in toughness.