Hello Henry
In our database I found some references. Its also called coccygodynia.
Beaton, Lindsay E.
The sciatic nerve and the piriformis muscle : their interrelation a
possible cause of coccygodynia / Lindsay E. Beaton, Barry J. Anson
In: J Bone Joint Surg - Vol. 20, no. 3 (July 1938) ; p. 686-688
Wray, Christopher C.
Coccydynia :aetiology and treatment / Christopher C. Wray, S. Easom,
J. Hoskinson
In: J Bone Joint Surg Br - Vol. 73B, no. 2 (March 1991) ; p.
335-338
Polkinghorn, B.S.
Chiropractic treatment of coccygodynia via instrumental adjusting
procedures using activator methods chiropractic
technique / Polkinghorn, B.S., ; Colloca, Ch.J., ;
In: J Manipulative Physiol Ther - Vol. 22, no. 6 (July/August 1999)
; p. 411-416
Maigne, J.-Y.
Causes and mechanisms of common coccydynia : role of body mass index
and coccygeal trauma / Maigne, J.-Y., ; Doursounian, L., ;
Chatellier, G., ;
In: Spine - Vol. 25, no. 23 (December 2000) ; p. 3072-3079
Wesselmann, U.
The urogenital and rectal pain syndromes / U. Wesselmann, A.L.
Burnett, L.J. Heinberg
In: Pain - Vol 73, no. 3 (December 1997) ; p. 269-294
See for more information: www.doconline.nl/
Its in Dutch but you can also search for english words in the title.
with kind regards
Sylvia van den Heuvel
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Henry Tsao schreef:
>
> To all:
>
> I was talking to a patient who told me that a chiro told him that he had a
> 45 degree inclination of the coccyx, and that it was basically jabbing into
> his gluts. The chiro convinced him that this was where the pain was coming
> from.
>
> My questions are:
> 1. How much movement is in the coccyx in "normal" patients,
> 2. Is what the patient described above something called coccydnia(probably
> spelt it wrong)? I am not familiar with this... does anybody know of good
> references?
> 3. How does one treat such a condition.
>
> Thank you in advance for your replies :)
>
> Henry***
>
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