Many women think that although pregnancy is hard, it is easy after delivery. But the truth is, you still need to face a lot of problems after delivery, for example, some women will have symptoms of tailbone pain after giving birth. So, what is postpartum tailbone pain? What are the symptoms of postpartum tailbone pain? What should I do if I have postpartum tailbone pain? And how to prevent postpartum tailbone pain? What is postpartum coccyx pain? The bottom section of the spine is the coccyx, which plays a vital role in the body. However, there is not much fat on the human tailbone to protect it, so it is very fragile and easy to be hurt. When the tailbone or the tailbone joint is directly injured, pain in the tailbone will easily occur. In addition, if the mother’s pelvis is relatively narrow or the baby’s head is too large, the tailbone may be squeezed when the baby’s head passes through the birth canal, and the nearby muscles may also be injured to some extent. Symptoms of Postpartum Tailbone Pain After giving birth there is pain at the end of the spine when you are on your back, lying down, sitting or exerting yourself on the toilet. If you sit on something hard, this feeling will be more obvious, and even squatting will feel painful after a long time. 1, direct trauma pain maternal pain in the tailbone area, sometimes accidentally fall directly on the ground, or from a higher place to fall buttocks to the ground, may also be the tailbone by other external impact and so on. All of these traumas can cause the joint between the vertebrae and the tailbone to sprain, or even fracture the tailbone, resulting in inflammation and pain. Generally after a period of time it will automatically heal, the pain will disappear; but if the healing is not complete or can not be healed, then the pain will always be accompanied. 2, sedentary tailbone pain caused by pressure during the month, some mothers in sitting, tailbone area will have discomfort, if the pressure, then the pain level will be with the sitting time becomes longer and aggravated, even when lying down, even if the severity of the discomfort will be felt. At this time, it is recommended that the body side lying over, reduce the pressure of the tailbone, the pain will be reduced accordingly. 3, posture change pain Some people in sedentary stand up, will feel obvious pain, this is because of sitting when the tailbone dislocation or non-normal changes caused. In severe cases, even walking will always be accompanied by pain. Causes of Postpartum Tailbone Pain Most of the time, it is due to injuries to the pelvic floor muscles as well as the tailbone as the fetus passes through the placenta during labor. It is advisable to take more bed rest and if it does not work, then it is better to get it checked again. If the body of the fetus is too large, the pelvic bone of the mother is too small as well as the labor takes too long, then this pain is likely to occur. This is due to forced displacement of the maternal tailbone, inflammation of the periosteum or compression of the nerves, in addition to excessive pressure on the coccyx from the pre-disclosed area of the fetus. In the early stage, bed rest is recommended, and some painkillers are appropriate; in the later stage, more exercises can be done to help recover as soon as possible, and usually a few weeks can be recovered. Treatment of Postpartum Tailbone Pain As far as the current medical level is concerned, there are 2 ways to deal with postpartum tailbone pain, they are conservative and surgical treatment options. The former may take a few weeks or a few months to heal. If there is no effect after a period of conservative treatment and the coccyx joint is very unstable or loose, then the pain can be relieved by removing the coccyx surgically. However, it takes 4-8 months after surgery for the pain to subside and the symptoms to improve. Nursing methods of postpartum tailbone pain 1, in the pain can take the method of hot compresses, hot towels on the affected area, can speed up the circulation of blood, the muscles can also get relaxed. 2, can not lie down to sleep, when sitting to avoid the painful parts of the contact with hard objects, it is recommended to put a soft cushion or rubber ring on the seat. 3.The pain in the tailbone slowly diminishes only after one to two months after delivery. So in order to avoid this problem, it is recommended to consider surgery to help labor or direct caesarean section when the baby’s body is too big (greater than four kilograms) or the mother’s pelvis is too narrow. 4. If the pain is not relieved during the puerperium, then it is best to seek early medical treatment. How to prevent postpartum tailbone pain? In order to prevent postpartum tailbone pain in the future, pregnant women should take early preventive measures before giving birth to avoid or minimize the pain. 1. Exercise more in your daily life to increase muscle tone. 2, during pregnancy, pregnant women are best to exercise more, not in a static state, for example, you can do more stretching of the thighs, but less to do the waist and hips of the amplitude of the strenuous exercise. 3, if the woman’s pelvic joints exist tuberculosis or rheumatism and other diseases, then to be completely cured before pregnancy. 4.Nutrition during pregnancy should not be excessive, or the head of the fetus will be too large, easy to pressure the coccyx during labor. 5, during pregnancy to avoid chronic cough and constipation, so as not to increase abdominal pressure. 6, in the middle and late stages of pregnancy should pay attention to try to eliminate physical activity, especially heavy walking. 7, if the physical examination found that the fetus is heavy (more than four kilograms), or the mother’s pelvis is too narrow, then it is best to use surgery to help birth or directly consider Caesarean section.