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Coccyx Surgery
Coccyx Surgery IndicationsThe coccyx is a common site for both injury and psychosomatic back pain. Injuries can be the result of trauma or childbirth. Physical injuries usually heal on their own, but sometimes do cause long term pain. Surgical treatment of an injury is extremely rare and most coccygectomies are really not necessary. Psychosomatic pain can start for no apparent reason, but is more commonly commenced after an initial physical injury to the tailbone. The subconscious mind knows that a site of previous injury will make a more convincing location for the pain to occur. Remember that psychologically induced pain is created as a distractive mechanism. The more convincing it seems, the more effective the distraction will be.CoccygectomyCoccyx removal surgery is becoming a more popular operation year by year. Many patients with long term chronic coccyx pain will do anything to find relief. Conservative treatments have failed them, most likely because the condition has been misdiagnosed. Most chronic pain syndromes are psychosomatic, so it is no surprise that the variety of medical treatments targeting a physical anatomical cause will fail miserably. In these situations, the patient usually winds up in surgery and wakes up missing a piece of their original anatomy...Coccyx Surgery RisksBesides the many general risks and side effects experienced during any surgical procedure, there are specific risks associated with coccygectomy. The patient has an increased risk of developing a perineal hernia after coccyx removal. Also, many of these surgeries do nothing to stop the pain. Some patients continue to experience phantom pain where the coccyx used to be. Others recover from pain in the tailbone, but immediately develop pain in some other region of the spine. These back pain substitute symptoms are extremely common in patients having endured a traumatic coccyx removal procedure.Recommendation on Coccyx SurgeryIf at all possible, DO NOT DO IT. The operation often has poor results. Exhaust all conservative measures before even considering coccyx removal surgery. Better yet, try knowledge therapy as a non-medical cure for your pain. This therapy has worked wonders in millions of patients worldwide. If it does not work for you, surgery will still be an option. Imagine enduring such a surgical ordeal and still having pain. Even worse, imagine that you could have cured the pain yourself, without surgery, after you have already suffered through the operation and still have painful symptoms. Knowledge therapy; it might just be the only 2 words you need to remember next time you consider surgery for your chronic coccyx pain.
For some patients with verified physically induced tailbone pain, coccyx removal surgery might just be the best solution to their pain issues. Some patients have experienced a complete resolution of all symptoms after coccygectomy. The best advice is to try all non-invasive measures first and resort to surgery as a final option.
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