Tailbone pain after sitting for a long time is likely to be caused by soft tissue injury, sacrococcygeal fasciitis, osteophytes and other reasons. It can be relieved by strengthening the movement, physical therapy massage, and surgery if necessary.
1. Soft tissue injury: Sitting for too long will cause the tissues around the sacrococcygeal area to be continuously squeezed, which may cause certain damage around it and cause pain. In this case, the pain can be relieved by getting up and walking around, interrupting prolonged sitting, or resting in bed in a side or prone position.
2. Sacrococcygeal Fasciitis: Sitting for a long time may lead to blood circulation problems in the sacrococcygeal area, which further triggers fasciitis causing pain. The pain can be relieved by hot compresses, massage, physical therapy, or the use of anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs (such as ibuprofen). It should be noted that the use of drugs should be carried out under the guidance of a physician, not unauthorized use of drugs.
3. Osteomalacia: the tailbone part of the bone due to sedentary or other reasons, the degeneration or hyperplasia, stimulate the surrounding tissues, pain symptoms. For this kind of condition can still take hot compress, massage, etc., if the symptoms are serious may need to take surgical treatment.
If the pain persists and is difficult to relieve, or if the pain is intolerable, you should go to the hospital in a timely manner to clarify the cause of the disease and then undergo further treatment.