Can you lie flat with a fractured tailbone?

Patients with tailbone fractures are not recommended to lie flat, because lying flat will compress the tailbone, and it is recommended to sleep on the side instead. Early instability of the fracture should be protected by rest, which is conducive to fracture healing. If the activity is too intense, it will affect the patient’s fracture healing and even cause the possibility of fracture dislocation again, and try to reduce the stimulation of the tailbone when sitting. Diet needs to avoid spicy and irritating foods, quit smoking and alcohol, because they can affect the fracture healing. Medications can be oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving, blood-stasis activating drugs and therapeutic drugs to promote fracture healing, which can not only improve the patient’s pain symptoms, but also promote fracture healing, and normally protect to a review once a month and a half to determine the next activities according to the fracture healing.