The realization that my problem was a muscle spasm in a particularly unfortunate location was shocking but also truly eye opening and a huge relief.
Weak pelvic floor and tailbone pain.
Pelvic floor muscle spasms.
This chronic contraction spasm in the pelvic floor can cause chronic pain from the area above the pubic bone through the penis testicles perineum anus tailbone and low back.
Tissues surrounding the pelvic organs may have increased or decreased sensitivity and function resulting in pelvic pain.
In these cases the tailbone is often not even painful to palpation however if you were to palpate one of the adjacent pelvic floor muscles attaching to the coccyx e g.
Often due to childbirth.
The pain may radiate to the tailbone hips or other nearby.
Pelvic floor physical therapists treat a wide array of conditions including bladder and or bowel incontinence bladder urgency painful intercourse and just plain pelvic pain to name just a few.
People will typically have coccydynia or persistent tailbone pain when they are sitting or when something is putting pressure on the lower spine.
Having said that when it comes to focal tailbone pain the benefit or lack thereof of any given treatment probably depends most on the underlying cause or condition.
The tailbone helps to support the pelvis.
Coccygeus iliococcygeus pubococcygeus there is tenderness hypertonus and trigger points that may even directly reproduce the tailbone pain.
Pelvic floor dysfunction is the inability to control the muscles of your pelvic floor.
Pelvic floor dysfunction refers to a wide range of issues that occur when muscles of the pelvic floor are weak tight or there is an impairment of the muscle nerves or joints.
Various pelvic floor muscle spasms tightness etc.
This is a condition that causes spasms in the muscles of the anus.
Your pelvic floor is the group of muscles and ligaments in your pelvic region the pelvic floor acts like a.
Since the tailbone serves as the attachment site for a deep layer of pelvic floor muscles called levator ani muscle spasms and irritation can cause a dull aching pain often felt in the coccyx and higher up in the rectum.
The pelvic floor muscles attach to the pubic symphysis and the tailbone which is attached to the bottom of the sacrum.