Tailbone Pain: Non-Surgical Therapy Treats the Cause
A fall, surgery, or accident can movethe tailbone out of its normal place,
causing constipation, tailbone, or low back pain.
Tailbone pain canaffect all aspects of a person’s life as well as the lives of families and friends. Tailbone pain that has persisted for more than three months is considered chronic. Symptoms may include difficulty with sitting, painful intercourse (for women), constipation, and even severe headaches. Some people report concurrent low back or sacroiliac pain.
In all of these situations, the coccyx may be pushed into an awkward angle. The result may be moderate to debilitating tailbone pain, often spreading into the low back, hip, or neighboring structures. Reproductive function can also be affected by this mechanism. Examples of problems can include inability to have an orgasm or difficulty maintaining an erection, decreased libido, and infertility.
Clear Passage Therapies® has successfully treated tailbone pain (coccydynia or coccygodynia) since 1989. Over the last two decades, we have become experts at treating this condition. Most of our tailbone pain patients have searched for years to find relief, before finding us. For most of them, the search for pain relief ends with good or total resolution at one of our clinics.\
Few clinics or physicians offer treatment for tailbone pain, other than medications to mask the pain. Chiropractic care may help temporarily, but unless we treat the strong, underlying adhesions that pull bony structures out of balance, pain resolution does not occur.
Most physicians agree that surgery is a treatment of last resort. While surgery can address adhesions and other mechanical problems, surgery also causes more adhesions to form. One surgical option includes removing part of the tailbone. This has brought relief for some; for others, it has brought a lifetime of debilitating pain.
Ligaments of the pelvis, sacrum, and coccyx canall have a profound effect on tailbone pain.
The primary goals of our work are to increase mobility, decrease pain, and restore normal function. We are highly skilled in using our hands to palpate and treat restricted areas of the body. When we treat the adhered tissues that pull the tailbone out of proper orientation, pain generally decreases, and soft tissue mobility improves significantly. For more detailed information on how treatment works and how it feels, see “treatment philosophy” and “what treatment is like.”
What physicians say:
Learn more about therapy for tailbone (coccyx) pain in our book Miracle Moms, Better Sex, Less Pain (publication date: 9/2009).
“This technique makes sense: to put 'hands on' the problem and nurture the body's innate desire to heal from pelvic pain . . . and related dysfunction. Read this book if you suffer from pelvic or digestive disorders, or if you are a doctor who sees patients with these problems.”
- Leslie Mendoza Temple. MD
Medical Director, Integrative Medicine NorthShore University HealthSystem
Professor, Northwestern University Medical School
“In the past treatment for adhesions has been even more surgery, which caused even more adhesions. Now with the amazing ‘Clear Passage’ technique, patients have a safe and effective alternative to surgery. . . . I know it does work and recommend it to all my patients with adhesive disease.”
- Jacques Moritz, MD
Director of Endoscopy Section and Division of Gynecology,St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
“The Wurns are revolutionizing woman's health. Tried and proven, documented and studied again and again – the proof is in the results.We have shared many patients who had . . . complete tubal obstruction, scarring or intractable pelvic pain. I have seen their work help all of these conditions, and more. Their therapy is beyond surgical intervention; it taps right into the body's inherent healing capacity.”
- Dr. Randine Lewis, L.Ac.
Author of The Infertility Cure and The Way of the Fertile Soul
