I still need to get x-rays. I fell outside down icy stairs (cement) last Tuesday. I know for a fact its very bruised, maybe fractured. How long if you had the same injury did it take to get better? I sit and drive a lot for work, so this sucks....
I had a friend who broke her tailbone.
Her Doctor said that
A broken or fractured tailbone will give you:
Pain that increases with sitting or getting up from a chair
Pain that increases during
a bowel movement
Bruising or swelling
Tenderness over the tailbone
If it were broken it would hurt alot more and limit your movement more than a simple bruise
With a bruised tailbone:
You probably won't notice the pain from a bruised coccyx until the next day. A bruised bone is similar to bruised tissue. The initial shock is painful, but the area doesn't become tender until the bruise actually forms.
Sitting down with a bruised coccyx bone won't be as painful as you expect. Getting up, however, will be excruciating. Sharp pains will assault your tailbone and your lower spine. This is because your tailbone shifts when you stand up. A lot of pressure is exerted on your coccyx bone to support your weight while standing. This is the same as pressing a bruise on your skin.
You need x-rays to tell if it's fractured or broken though.
More than likely it would be a fracture rather than a break, if it was broke you would not be able to sit at all.
If it's fractured you can't sit, you have to stay on your side till it heals.
Bruised or fractured tail bones takes about 4 weeks to heal.
Sorry
already got one, but don't like it. It doesn't lift the pressure of it.
