Is my tailbone causing pelvic floor symptoms?

Finding Pelvic Sanity

Tailbone pain is a common symptom and is integrally related to the pelvic floor.

All muscles of the pelvic floor attach at the tailbone. When these are tight and irritated they can radiate or refer pain to the tailbone itself. The vast majority of the time there’s nothing wrong with the tailbone itself. It’s actually a pelvic floor issue masquerading as a tailbone problem.

Because of all the attachment to the pelvic floor, a hard fall on the tailbone or injury during childbirth can also be the initial cause of pelvic floor dysfunction.

In research we’ve done at PelvicSanity, we’ve demonstrated a significant fall on the tailbone (enough that you still remember it years later) is linked to pelvic floor dysfunction later in life.

This also brings up the importance of working with a pelvic floor therapist who is qualified to perform a rectal evaluation and treatment.

Issues like tailbone pain, constipation, pain or straining with pooping, SI joint pain, and more are much more easily assessed and treated rectally. Unfortunately many pelvic floor therapists haven’t received training in rectal treatment, and if you’ve been going to pelvic PT and aren’t seeing results, it’s often because this area is being overlooked.
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If you're dealing with chronic pelvic pain, coccydynia or other pelvic health issues, we'd love to help! If you're local to Southern California, we can treat you at our Orange County, CA clinic.
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About Us
Dr. Nicole and Jesse Cozean are the founders of PelvicSanity Physical Therapy (www.pelvicsanity.com) in Southern California. The clinic has helped thousands of patients in the Orange County, CA area and hundreds from around the world with a remote consultation and Out of Town Program.
They co-authored The IC Solution and Nicole created The IC Roadmap online course to provide the most accurate, up-to-date information for those with interstitial cystitis. They run the Finding Pelvic Sanity Facebook group for a supportive online community for anyone dealing with pelvic health issues.
Nicole has also created courses and trained thousands of pelvic PTs to provide better care through her work with Pelvic PT Rising (www.pelvicptrising.com).

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