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tail bone pain

i have noticed since surgery that sitting hurts my tail bone... anyone else have issues with this? I never had this problem before surgery, but now, it seems like if i sit for awhile, or drive for awhile, or whatever, that it just hurts a bit.... I wouldn't say the pain is excruciating but definitely noticeable... anyway, just curious if this is something you deal with forever, or if it goes away...

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  • Welcome to the club . My hips are feeling it too. I think it's weight distribution changes and less padding. Really having trouble sleeping.

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I had it for months as I lost weight and my body got used to the new distribution. It goes away.

I sure hope so. My tailbone hurts so bad that I cannot get comfortable. I am ordering a coccyx pillow on line because I thought it might help.

I have not had the surgery yet, but am a member of 2 bypass support groups on fb. In both of them other members have complained about the same issue. I think it's safe to say it is normal and does subside at some point.

I started to notice it after about 20 pounds came off- probably from just not having as much padding on the fanny as I did before. I remember wondering how skinny people tolerated sitting in wooden chairs if this is what it felt like, lol. It's not as bad as it once was though- I'm chalking it up to another adjustment our bodies need to make as we're changing.

Gawd yes!!! My tailbone is killing me as I type this. Its pretty annoying. I do hope it goes away. Then again, its great motivation to get up & move.

I've had the same problem. Tail bone pain that is affecting my hips too. I went to the chiropractor and he said my tail bone was tilted. I had injured it when I broke my back back in 2001.

He did some adjusting and it helped for about 1 day.

My daughter is going to school to be a physical therapist and she said I need to do some glute strengthening. She did a couple things to me which really helped, and also suggests I go to an actual physical therapist. :-)

I've been having this pain for 2 months now. I'm getting tired of it though~ it's constantly waking me up at night too.

Yes, mine hurts. I don't carry weight in my rear, but I think that is where I am losing and so there is no padding. If I could only move some of my stomach to my rear things might be better.

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Welcome to the club :(. My hips are feeling it too. I think it's weight distribution changes and less padding. Really having trouble sleeping.

Welcome to the club :(. My hips are feeling it too. I think it's weight distribution changes and less padding. Really having trouble sleeping.

Sleeping has been hard on my hips too. And we bought a REALLY expensive bed this year and I should NOT be having any pain in it, LOL! My daughter who is going to school for physical therapy says I need to strengthen my glutes. I'm going to talk to a personal trainer tomorrow and see what we can do to get that done and hopefully that will help!

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I thought it was because I rode a bike for 4 miles and blamed it on the seat. My butt has been killing me. Glad to hear it wasn't the bike and that it is just a "side effect" of losing weight. Hope it goes away soon though. The thought of getting on a bike again hurts me. :)

I'm going to a chiropractor and doing pilates and a stretching class. It's helping some. My daughter (who is going to school for physical therapy) says I should go to physical therapy, it would help strengthen those muscles to adjust for the new center of gravity, LOL..

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