How long it takes for tailbone pain to heal on its own needs to be determined by the cause of the tailbone pain. If the soft tissue injury and pain around the tailbone is caused by simple trauma, most of them can recover on their own, such as temporary pain caused by simple external impact, the pain will usually disappear gradually within 1 day. If the tailbone pain is accompanied by local soft tissue injury, such as contusion, hematoma, etc., recovery is usually about 7-15 days. In the case of a tailbone fracture, it takes about 6-8 weeks to recover. Some pathological factors causing tailbone pain are less likely to heal on their own and require symptomatic treatment or surgery, such as tailbone developmental malformations, bone tumors, and soft tissue tumors. When persistent tailbone pain occurs in the absence of obvious trauma, patients need to promptly visit the orthopedic department of the hospital for physical examination, imaging and other related examinations to rule out the presence of tailbone malformation, bone tumors and other diseases, and to clarify the cause for timely targeted treatment.