SOURCES:
Mayo Clinic: “Mayo Clinic Q and A: Tailbone pain often goes away without medical treatment,” “Pilonidal cyst,” “Tailbone pain: How can I relieve it?” “Vertebral tumor,” “Hemorrhoids,” “Pilonidal cyst,” “Tailbone pain: How can I relieve it?” “Vertebral Tumor.”
Cleveland Clinic: “Can You Actually Break Your Tailbone – Or Only Bruise It?” “Coccydynia (Tailbone Pain),” “Acupuncture,” “Hemorrhoids,” “Nerve Block,” “Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS).”
NHS: “Coccydynia (Tailbone Pain).”
Royal Berkshire Hospital: “Coccyx pain following childbirth.”
European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine: “Postpartum Coccydynia: A Case Series Study of 57 Women.”
Los Angeles Colon & Rectal: “Hemorrhoids and Tailbone Pain. A Real Pain in the…”
Saint Luke's: “Taking a Sitz Bath.”
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons: “Chordoma.”
Moffitt Cancer Center: “What Are the Five Warning Signs of Prostate Cancer?”
American Cancer Society: “Treating Prostate Cancer,” “What Is Colorectal Cancer?”
American Society of Colon & Rectal Surgeons: “Rectal Cancer.”
CDC: “Colorectal (Colon) Cancer.”
Mayfield Brain & Spine: “Tailbone Pain (coccydynia).”
Medline Plus: “Tailbone trauma.”
Medscape: “Coccyx Pain.”
OrthoInfo: “Chordoma.”
StatPearls: “Coccyx Pain.”
UTSouthwestern Medical Center: “What to do when pregnancy becomes a pain in the tailbone.”
American Journal of Case Reports: “Sacrococcygeal chordoma, a rare cause of coccygodynia.”
Asian Spine Journal: “Coccygectomy as a Surgical Option in the Treatment of Chronic Traumatic Coccygodynia: A Single-Center Experience and Literature Review.”
Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies: “Effect of stretching of piriformis and iliopsoas in coccydynia.”
Journal of Surgical Orthopaedic Advances: “Intrapartum coccygeal fracture, a cause for postpartum coccydynia: a case report.”
The Ochsner Journal: “Coccydynia: An Overview of the Anatomy, Etiology, and Treatment of Coccyx Pain.”