How to recover quickly after a coccyx fracture, do you do it this way?

Coccyx fracture is a common accident in life. If it is not serious, you can rest in bed and try to reduce walking. It can be treated with some medicines and you can recover in half a month to a month. If it is serious, you can only use surgery to treat it, and the effect is also very good when combined with diet therapy.

1. How to take care of coccyx fracture and recover quickly

1. After reduction, you need to rest in bed for half a month to a month. When you sleep flat on your back, the coccyx will be compressed, causing the symptoms to worsen, so you can change to sleeping on your side.

2. Try to reduce bending and sitting postures, and avoid standing and walking unless necessary.

3. Cooperate with the use of professional drugs for bone-setting, tendon-repairing, swelling-reducing, pain-relieving, muscle-relaxing, and blood-activating and blood-stasis-removing drugs.

4. Married people should suspend sexual life for about a month.

5. Avoid exerting too much force when defecating.

2. What to eat to recover quickly from coccygeal fracture

1. High-energy, high-protein diet: It helps to restore vitality. But it is best to eat it 2 weeks after the coccyx fracture. A light diet is also advisable in the early stage of coccyx fracture.

2. Vitamin D: If you stay indoors for a long time after a fracture, you are prone to vitamin D deficiency. Therefore, after a fracture, you should eat more foods rich in vitamin D (such as fish, liver, egg yolks, etc.) and get as much sun as possible.

3. Vitamin C: Fruits rich in vitamin C include hawthorn, fresh dates, kiwi, strawberry, longan, lychee, citrus, etc., and vegetables include alfalfa, sweet pepper, rapeseed, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, bitter gourd, watercress, broccoli, and amaranth.

4. Water: Fractures can reduce exercise volume and easily lead to constipation. At this time, you should drink more water to ensure smooth intestinal flow.

3. Fixation precautions

1. In case of respiratory or cardiac arrest, resuscitation measures should be taken first. For patients with hemorrhagic shock, bleeding should be stopped first. Fixation should be performed after the condition has improved fundamentally.

2. When fixating outside the hospital, it is forbidden to reduce the deformity caused by the fracture, and the broken bone ends cannot be put back into the wound. Appropriate fixation is sufficient.

3. The substitute splint should be longer than the joints at both ends and fixed together. The splint should be smooth, and the side of the splint close to the skin should preferably be padded and wrapped at both ends.

4. It should be neither loose nor tight but firm when fixed.

5. When fixing the limbs, the fingers (toes) should be exposed as much as possible to observe whether the finger (toe) tips are purple, swollen, painful, or have blood circulation disorders.