Dr ML- if you hurt your tailbone...

[Bernadine]

If you slipped on ice and fell right on the cement on your tailbone, how long would you expect it to be sore?

I fell a week and a half ago, and it still hurts. Pretty badly. When I walk up stairs, when I lay down, and especially when I bend over to pick dd up from the floor.

I'd know if it was broken, right?

[balletofangels]

Tailbone takes forever to heal. I fell down stairs and bruised mine and it took months. Sorry.

[orval]

My kid broke my tailbone during birth. It was sore for a couple months and still can hurt to sit for a long time 10 years later.
There is nothing you can do for it anyway. It did really hurt when I had to stand up from sitting, holding my newborn.

[cupcake0214]

I fell down the stairs last year and it hurt for weeks. Sitting was difficult. Feel better!

[Kristinmo]

Even if you broke it, there's nothing they can do. I injured mine ifalling down the stairs a few years ago and it hurt like hell for weeks. Riding in the car was the worst.

Sorry you're in pain

[bcv513]

About two months. Sorry. Sitting on an ice pack helped

[frannyr]

yes about 6-8 weeks. I can't be sure I didn't break mine so not sure you'd know. The donut cushion didn't really help me but I know it helps some. I had to get up and move because sitting too long hurt. About a week after I fell down the stairs I had to sit in the car for a beach trip -- about 2 1/2 hrs -- now that was difficult.

[wise_rita]

My condolences. Tailbones are a bitch.

I busted mine (drunkenly, idiotically) in college and it took months to feel completely normal. The first week I couldn't get off my futon without being hoisted up. I hobbled around for months.

Pain meds and take it easy are the only remedy.

[Jalapeñomel]

6 months?

[mekia]

Forever

[cabbagecabbage]

Well over a year for me after a rollerblading fall. My mom broke hers in the 90s and it still hurts. I'm sorry that's not the answer anyone wants to hear.

[atarianna]

Jan 21, 2017 7:02:15 GMT -5 balletofangels said:

Tailbone takes forever to heal. I fell down stairs and bruised mine and it took months. Sorry.

ditto. I want to say 6 months.

[adhdfashion]

It took 6 months for mine to heal.

[pinkalicious]

I fell while roller skating in May, and I still feel it occasionally. Tailbone injuries are the worst.

[snipsnsnails]

I hurt mine at Xmas and the pain finally lessened this week. My friend broke hers over Thanksgiving and it's still painful. So, depending on the injury, 4-8 weeks, but could be more.

[NandaB]

Jan 21, 2017 8:25:15 GMT -5 cabbagecabbage said:

Well over a year for me after a rollerblading fall. My mom broke hers in the 90s and it still hurts. I'm sorry that's not the answer anyone wants to hear.

I hurt mine snowboarding in my trend and it took a year before I could sit comfortably for an extended period of time. Sorry

[cowgirlcutie]

I fell hard on my tailbone while cross country skiing in grade 7. I could barely move for days and had back spasms. I think it took 2 months the move without pain. Even now, almost 20 years later, it is still sensitive while sitting on hard surfaces. Sorry!

[gummy]

Mine hurt consistently for a year. Even now, 5 years later, if I sit in a hard chair for more than 20 minutes or so it flares up again.

[kellykapowski]

I broke mine when I was like 15 and I still have periods of time where I spend weeks in discomfort. I'm 38 :/

[hisno1girl]

I broke my tailbone 16 years ago but I remember the pain like it was yesterday.

I went sledding with some kids, hit a big bump and landed right on my tailbone.

I'd say 6-12 months for healing. Hopefully it's not longer than that for you.

[jezebel]

I fell on the stairs 2 weeks ago and it still hurts when I sit on hard chairs. I think it just takes forever to heal. I'm sorry!

[Deleted]

Oh that will hurt for some time. Whether it's fractured or not, there's really no treatment. NSAIDS, sit somewhere comfy. I'm sorry. I've been there.

[hisno1girl]

Get a donut to sit on.

The plastic kind, not the kind you eat

[mich1]

A loooong time. Sorry.

I slipped down some stairs and landed where the edge of the stair hit my tailbone directly. I had the bruise run across my butt from side to side.

It took a good 3 months before I could sit on it. I spent a lot of time sitting up very straight to avoid putting stress on it.

[polarbearfans]

I fell snowboarding on hard packed snow... it took months to not hurt. I went to the doctor to make sure nothing was broken but other than that it was wait it out.

[themysteriouswife]

I broke mine at 13 rollerblading. It still hurts when I sit wrong. I had to sit on a donut when it happened. Thank god school was out for the summer.

[preppy]

I broke mine when I was 9 and it still hurts if I sit on it wrong.

[aussiecrush]

A year and counting after going down the huge slide at the fair. Not daily pain but car trips and hard chairs still hurt.

[MixedBerryJam]

I didn't even break mine, just bruised it. But it still took MONTHS for the pain to completely resolve. Try to stay ahead of the passion PAIN with whatever they rec. Hope you feel at least a little bit better every day. (ETA: Passion? That was autocorrect, I promise. Not much passion in those first days after, for sure!)

[MixedBerryJam]

Jan 21, 2017 12:59:53 GMT -5 hisno1girl said:

Get a donut to sit on.

The plastic kind, not the kind you eat

Well, eating a donut helps all problems ...