Tailbone hurting when doing mat work

yogicarl

This might help - imagine you are doing your zipper up on your jeans and keep the muscles there slightly pulled up toward your navel. This will tuck your pelvis in slightly and help to flatten your lower back to the mat; also good for core.

alancewicz

Try stretching your hip flexors. When you tighten them while doing push-ups they pull on your tailbone. I had the same problem.

jdawson002

I had a sore tail bone but it turned out to be Pilonidal Sinus.....do you have a sore lump there?

verifiedvalerie

ZeroWoIf wrote: »

Question Gals, did all of you had babies with this problem? Reason why I ask is because I have heard this before from many females who happen to have had babies. Not saying that this is the case and that is why you have the pain but pretty funny thing for me to read this.

Alot of women do get lower back pain from having a child and/or a shot in there back. But thats not quite where the tailbone would be at.

I know what you are referring to and I know thats something else. I was referring to the tailbone itself. My kids mother happens to have pain where her epidoral shot was taken at, but she also happens to have pain around the tailbone area when doing certain exercises with proper form too.

It has to do with the pelvic floor muscles typically with women - ESPECIALLY after childbirth. I had this issue with both of my kids. I had to go for pelvic floor therapy (specialized physio). Many, many sessions later and I still have never been 100% but things like floor/mat weren't even an option for me. Now, it comes and goes but is definitely tolerable.

I've had hydro-cortisone shots in my tailbone area and gone for an MRI. Though I did have a fractured tailbone at one point, it healed as well as one could hope.

If physio isn't an option, I would look online to see what can be found as far as stretches, proper posture, muscle relaxation techniques and for the love of all that is good, DO YOUR KEGALS. No joke.

EDIT: And yes, this was in my tailbone area. NOT my back, though I did experience some back pain as a result of compensating for the other pain.

denversillygoose

ZeroWoIf wrote: »

Question Gals, did all of you had babies with this problem? Reason why I ask is because I have heard this before from many females who happen to have had babies. Not saying that this is the case and that is why you have the pain but pretty funny thing for me to read this.

I had to have mine removed. When I gave birth my tailbone was forced to curve out and never curved back in. 10 years later, I had surgery. I literally had my butt hurt removed.

Chieflrg

What work is causing you pain?