tailbone injury?

[theresa7978]

I have injured my tailbone twice in my life but never had to seek medical attention. Once was in 1984 and again in 1990. For the past eight months or so, I have had the most painful experience while sitting. It hurts to sit and sometimes hurts to get up. It is sharp and very painful. It is not on the skin or on the muscle. It is directly on my bone at the end of my spine. I gained 100 pounds in 20 months and am now taking steps to lose most of that weight. I included that information because I feel it is important to know that I am 5'8" and went from 170 pounds to 270 pounds. Do you think this is a weight issue or something else?

[Trialanderror]

I don`t have a real answer for you but just wanted to tell you I too fell on my tailbone twice and the second time around I could barely walk for a month and not sit properly for years. The X-ray showed the tailbone was dislocated upward and basically poking into the surrounding tissue. The dislocation remains for good and ever since I could only sit very straight on hard surfaces or else would have the same sharp pains you are describing. I can imagine if you gain an extra 100 pounds, your posture probably shifts and you might put tailbone pressure on tissues that were simply not there before. Just by sitting straight and jogging I kept those pains under control. However, they did come back for a few years after childbirth with 14 hours of back labor (baby face up).
If you start some kind of exercise - except bike riding I bet - I am sure you will find a posture that helps with your pain and if you lose some weight at the same time, it can only help. Good luck with this endeavor. I lterally "feel for you".

[leigh23]

theresa i had problems to with my tail bone where it was hard for me to get u and to sit on hard services especially but even on soft ones id have to sit on my sit .... i could actually reach back and grab the tip of my tail bone thats how far it had stuck out ...... i went to the doctor and they thought that it was caused by child birth .... i just had surgey yesterday the 13 of sept. and come to find out i had a bone spur due to some kind of injury in the past .... which i cant figure out what but they just removed the whole thing and so far all the pain i feel at the molment is the paiin from my surgery but no more lower back pain or hip pain  im already felling much better even the pain from surgery aint as bad if you have any questions just write to tikustoms24 yahoo  com ..... its so far the best ive been in years