The pain may radiate to the tailbone hips or other nearby.
Weak pelvic floor and tailbone pain.
This is a condition that causes spasms in the muscles of the anus.
Various pelvic floor muscle spasms tightness etc.
Because the pelvic floor muscles are connected to all three bones of the pelvis on the inside any issues of weakness or tightness in the pelvic floor will affect the alignment of all three of these bones.
People will typically have coccydynia or persistent tailbone pain when they are sitting or when something is putting pressure on the lower spine.
Pelvic floor muscle spasms.
The realization that my problem was a muscle spasm in a particularly unfortunate location was shocking but also truly eye opening and a huge relief.
Coccygeus iliococcygeus pubococcygeus there is tenderness hypertonus and trigger points that may even directly reproduce the tailbone pain.
Pelvic floor physical therapists treat a wide array of conditions including bladder and or bowel incontinence bladder urgency painful intercourse and just plain pelvic pain to name just a few.
Including pelvic floor muscle spasms that may occur as a guarding reactive response because of tailbone pain and much more.
Pelvic floor dysfunction refers to a wide range of issues that occur when muscles of the pelvic floor are weak tight or there is an impairment of the muscle nerves or joints.
Having said that when it comes to focal tailbone pain the benefit or lack thereof of any given treatment probably depends most on the underlying cause or condition.
Tissues surrounding the pelvic organs may have increased or decreased sensitivity and function resulting in pelvic pain.
Your pelvic floor is the group of muscles and ligaments in your pelvic region the pelvic floor acts like a.
Often due to childbirth.
This chronic contraction can result in problems with urination defecation ejaculation sitting and other basic day to day functions.
In these cases the tailbone is often not even painful to palpation however if you were to palpate one of the adjacent pelvic floor muscles attaching to the coccyx e g.
The tailbone helps to support the pelvis.
The pelvic floor muscles attach to the pubic symphysis and the tailbone which is attached to the bottom of the sacrum.