Skip to content
View in the app

A better way to browse. Learn more.

BariatricPal

A full-screen app on your home screen with push notifications, badges and more.

To install this app on iOS and iPadOS
  1. Tap the Share icon in Safari
  2. Scroll the menu and tap Add to Home Screen.
  3. Tap Add in the top-right corner.
To install this app on Android
  1. Tap the 3-dot menu (⋮) in the top-right corner of the browser.
  2. Tap Add to Home screen or Install app.
  3. Confirm by tapping Install.

Join BariatricPal free

  • Ask your own questions
  • Reply and follow topics
  • Message other members
  • No cost, no spam

Tailbone

Hello everyone, been a while but I have a question, now that I've reached my goals and then some I noticed for the past few weeks my tailbone hurts when I sit down or driving. I know I lost all cushion on lower back end but theirs no fat so when I sit down its uncomfortable and painful anyone out there as experienced this situation also? Going to buy a tailbone cushion to sit on because ita a little too much.

  • Replies 39
  • Views 5.1k
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Most Popular Posts

  • My knees have become knobbly. For about a month now when I lie in bed on my side I have to arrange my legs so my knees aren't together, otherwise they feel all boney and uncomfortable. I never knew I

  • Yep me too, and sometimes the pain radiates down the back of both thighs if I sit for too long. Must be something fr

  • Orchids&Dragons
    Orchids&Dragons

    I have added 2 cushions to the chair I sit in while watching TV and had to get one of those silicone honey-comb cushions for my seat at work. Princess and the Pea, anyone?

Posted Images

Featured Replies

I had coccyx (tailbone) pain when I reached goal weight. I tried the special pillow but it didn’t help, so my PCP recommended I see a pain specialist. He did steroid injections under fluoroscopic guidance twice and I haven’t had pain since then. Note that I’ve been below goal weight for 14 months now.

I wonder if a chiropractor might help. I know that when I am out of alignment, my lower back and hip bones hurt. The weight loss could have caused you to misalign somewhere
Well subluxation is a possibility , I know your center of balance changes, without the abdominal fat pad to pull things forward, the plump rump to sit on, the spine could whine a bit. Probably a very good idea one of my ortho s is a D.O. I like him a lot also.
You know when I was younger MDs constantly put DOs down, called them close to quacks, well in my medical stable I have 4 DOs and have found them to be exceptionally patient-centered people my Ortho(male) and my otolaryngolist(female) are married and are now blessed with a couple of the cutest kids you could see. I take a little credit for them, I kept telling Dr Jarrod and Dr Suzie they would make wonderful parents, and then after 3 years a daughter and son came along. Suspect they were working behind the scenes on it anyway.

it's very common. I used a coccyx pillow for a long time in my office and in my car, I'm retired now, but I still have the one in my car. It's gotten better, but I still can't sit for more than like an hour

100% happens to me all the time! It’s a small price to pay :)
On 01/26/2019 at 09:13, dsapeg69 said:

Hello everyone, been a while but I have a question, now that I've reached my goals and then some I noticed for the past few weeks my tailbone hurts when I sit down or driving. I know I lost all cushion on lower back end but theirs no fat so when I sit down its uncomfortable and painful anyone out there as experienced this situation also? Going to buy a tailbone cushion to sit on because ita a little too much.

Yes!!! It’s very painful!! I’m six months out. I’ve never not had a butt in my whole life...it has gotten better but it does hurt if I sit for too long. If you google it, it says this happens a lot to people who lose a alot of weight
I feel it there also plus I feel my hip bones a lot my jeans fit exactly on top , not sure why it feels like outside my skin but it’s a nice feeling to have jeans I feel comfortable wearing.

Hello everyone, been a while but I have a question, now that I've reached my goals and then some I noticed for the past few weeks my tailbone hurts when I sit down or driving. I know I lost all cushion on lower back end but theirs no fat so when I sit down its uncomfortable and painful anyone out there as experienced this situation also? Going to buy a tailbone cushion to sit on because ita a little too much.

Yep, I am not at my goal weight yet, however I have lost 200lbs so far and my tail bone gives me the blues when I'm sitting or lay down. It sucks...
  • 2 weeks later...
  • Author
Yep, I am not at my goal weight yet, however I have lost 200lbs so far and my tail bone gives me the blues when I'm sitting or lay down. It sucks...
Congratulations on 200 lbs gone!, yes my tailbone is driving me crazy, it hurts even when I lay down, I ordered tailbone memory foam cushion I hope this will help.
On ‎1‎/‎26‎/‎2019 at 8:50 PM, ummyasmin said:

My knees have become knobbly. For about a month now when I lie in bed on my side I have to arrange my legs so my knees aren't together, otherwise they feel all boney and uncomfortable. I never knew I had padding there before!

YES! that too! I can feel my butt bones on the chair now at the dinner table LOL not necessarily the tailbone but in each cheek. I have slept with a pillow between my knees for years due to lower back issues but now I need more padding between the knees LOL

  • Author
YES! that too! I can feel my butt bones on the chair now at the dinner table LOL not necessarily the tailbone but in each cheek. I have slept with a pillow between my knees for years due to lower back issues but now I need more padding between the knees LOL
Yes, I use a pillow also, for my knees lol
11 hours ago, Avery's Mom said:

YES! that too! I can feel my butt bones on the chair now at the dinner table LOL not necessarily the tailbone but in each cheek. I have slept with a pillow between my knees for years due to lower back issues but now I need more padding between the knees LOL

Me too! Sitting on the wooden chairs at my friend’s kitchen table were like torture! And the knees while sleeping... I’m right there too! I’m sorry you’re all feeling this pain, but I’m glad I’m in such good company! LOL

Literally feel your pain. Hoping to build up a tolerance to this?

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

Account

Navigation

Search

Search

Configure browser push notifications

Chrome (Android)
  1. Tap the lock icon next to the address bar.
  2. Tap Permissions → Notifications.
  3. Adjust your preference.
Chrome (Desktop)
  1. Click the padlock icon in the address bar.
  2. Select Site settings.
  3. Find Notifications and adjust your preference.