How long does it take to heal a broken tailbone?

How long it takes for a tailbone fracture to heal depends on the situation. In the case of younger children and adolescents, the fracture heals faster, and can generally heal in about 4 weeks. If it is an older person, the fracture healing ability is relatively poor, it may take more than 2 months to heal. In addition, the tailbone fracture healing time, but also depends on the fracture broken end with or without displacement: 1, the fracture broken end without displacement: if the fracture broken end of the alignment of the line is good, there is no obvious displacement, the broken end is not separated from displacement, the fracture healing speed will be relatively fast, 4-6 weeks to achieve the initial clinical healing, 2 months or so can be completely healed; 2, the fracture broken end of the displacement of the obvious: at this time, we need to carry out the reset, because the tailbone of the Because the tailbone is a special part, it can not be fixed effectively, and it is easy to be displaced again. In this case, the fracture healing speed will be slower, and it may take 3 months or even longer time to achieve healing. Overall, after about 2 months after the tailbone fracture, most of the patients’ fracture can be basically healed, at this time the pain disappeared, and the patients can go down to the ground for normal activities, walking, and normal work. During the period when the fracture has not healed, the patient should try to stay in bed to avoid getting up and moving around, which may cause irritation to the fracture and lead to displacement of the fracture. During the bed rest period, the tailbone area should avoid pressure and friction, and the side lying position and prone position should be the main. In addition, you should strengthen nutrition, eat more food rich in calcium, protein and vitamins to promote the healing of the fracture.