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Your coccyx, a small triangular bone at the bottom of your spinal column, can get bruised or even fractured. Home remedies like medication and ice packs usually ease symptoms. But in some cases, you might need treatment like numbing injections or, very rarely, surgery. Find a Primary Care Provider.
The coccyx is the last bone at the bottom (base) of your spine. It’s a small, curved bone that’s made of between three and five vertebrae fused together. Most people know the coccyx as the tailbone. It supports your weight and helps you keep your balance when you’re sitting down.
If you have bone metastasis, it means you have cancer somewhere else in your body that’s spread to your bones. Bone metastasis is a sign of advanced cancer. If this is your situation, you’ll need medical care and support for the primary cancer and bone metastasis.
Sacroiliitis is painful inflammation in the joints where your spine connects to your pelvis (your sacroiliac joints). It causes pain in your lower back, butt (your buttock muscles) or legs.
Bone pain is any pain or discomfort you feel in your bones or joints. It can be caused by many injuries and health conditions. You might see it referred to as bone tenderness.
Ischial bursitis causes pain and swelling around your sit bones, especially when you sit on them or move the muscles next to them. The pain comes from inflammation in your ischial bursae — the small, fluid-filled sacs that cushion your sit bones.
Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is a procedure that uses heat to destroy tissue. For pain management involving joints, RFA heats a nerve, which stops or reduces pain signals to your brain.
A pilonidal cyst (also called pilonidal cyst disease, intergluteal pilonidal disease or pilonidal sinus) is a skin condition that happens in the crease of the buttocks — anywhere from the tailbone to the anus. A pilonidal cyst can be extremely painful especially when sitting.
If you have pudendal neuralgia, this nerve is injured or compressed and causes stabbing, burning or shooting pain. The pain can be felt in your buttocks, perineum and genital region, and is more severe when sitting.
Bone bruises (bone contusions) happen when something hits a bone hard enough to make it bleed, but not crack or break. A bone fracture happens when something hits your bone with enough force to break it in at least one place.