What to do if you are pregnant and have tailbone pain


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Spine is an important anatomical structure of human body, located in the rear of the body, from the role of fixation and support, spinal canal has spinal nerve shape, nerve root, through the intervertebral foramen issued, control trunk and limbs, vertebral body and vertebral body connected by intervertebral disc, intervertebral disc by fibrous ring and nucleus pulposus, vertebral body behind a wealth of muscle tissue, buffer and protection, spinal column has cervical spine, thoracic spine, lumbar spine, sacral vertebra and caudal vertebra composition. The caudal vertebra is located at the lowest part of the spine. The patient complains of pregnancy and pain in the caudal vertebra. Generally, due to the increase in abdominal pressure during pregnancy, the weight on the sacrococcyx has changed significantly. If the caudal vertebra pain is shown, we can ask the patient to treat it conservatively, such as physical therapy, hot compress, electric heating, acupuncture, etc., to relieve the pain symptoms.