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- The primary NIH organization for research on Tailbone Disorders is the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
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Tailbone Disorders
Also called: Coccyx disorders
The tailbone is the small bone at the bottom of your backbone, or spine. Tailbone disorders include tailbone injuries, pain, infections, cysts and tumors. You rarely break your tailbone. Instead, most injuries cause bruises or pulled ligaments. A backward fall onto a hard surface, such as slipping on ice, is the most common cause of such injuries. Symptoms of various tailbone disorders include pain in the tailbone area, pain upon sitting, pain or numbness in the arms or legs due to pressure on nerves in the tailbone area, and a mass or growth you can see or feel.
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Overviews
- Coccydynia (Tailbone Pain)(Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
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Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Bone X-Ray (Radiography)(American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America)
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- CT of the Spine(American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America)
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- MRI of the Spine(American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America)
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Treatment
- Tailbone Pain: How Can I Relieve It?(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
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Specific Conditions
- Chordoma(American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
- Levator Syndrome(Merck & Co., Inc.)
- Pilonidal Cyst(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Pilonidal Disease(American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons)
- Sacral Dimple(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
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Related Issues
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Tarlov Cysts(National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Short Summary
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Tarlov Cysts
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Health Check Tools
- Coccygeal Injury(DSHI Systems)
- Coccygeal Pain(DSHI Systems)
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Clinical Trials
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Pilonidal Sinus(National Institutes of Health)
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Pilonidal Sinus
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Patient Handouts
- Pilonidal disease
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- Tailbone trauma
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- Tailbone trauma - aftercare
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