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Advertising Mayo Clinic is a nonprofit organization and proceeds from Web advertising help support our mission. Advertising and sponsorship policy Advertising and sponsorship opportunities. In most cases, the pain will improve over a few weeks or months, but occasionally it can last much longer and severely affect your ability to carry out everyday activities.
Some people also have back pain, shooting leg pains sciatica and painful buttocks and hips. Coccydynia will often improve on its own after a few weeks and there are some simple treatments you can try at home.
Your GP will carry out an examination to check for more serious causes of your pain, such as infection or a fracture. In some cases, they may also refer you for tests such as X-rays or an MRI scan.
Less common causes can include a bony growth on the coccyx, the coccyx being too flexible or too rigid, and arthritis. Rare but serious causes include infection and cancer. Read more about the causes of coccydynia. This can result in coccydynia. You can injure your coccyx if you suffer a hard impact to the base of your spine. For example, from an accidental kick during contact sports. In most cases where the coccyx is injured, it will only be badly bruised.
But in more severe injuries, it may be dislocated out of place or fractured broken. You may get coccydynia if you regularly take part in sports such as cycling or rowing. This is due to continually leaning forward and stretching the base of your spine.
If this motion is repeated many times, the muscles and ligaments around your coccyx can become strained and stretched. Straining your muscles and ligaments can permanently damage them.
If this happens, your muscles will no longer be able to hold your coccyx in the correct position, causing pain and discomfort. Read more about repetitive strain injury RSI. Sitting in an awkward position for a long period of time, such as at work or while driving, can put too much pressure on your coccyx.
This causes pain and discomfort that will get worse the longer you stay in this position. Read more information about how to sit correctly.
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