Mas Yus Health. Often people fall in sitting position, such as slipped or fell from a ladder. Fall sitting position feels absurdly painful. Besides pain, there is another danger you know when the fall in the sitting position.
Fall in the sitting position can be very dangerous because it can get injured at the tail bone is connected to the nerves in the spine.
Tail bone (coccyx) is one of the smallest bones in the body, but can cause tremendous pain and severe health problems suffered an injury in the fall.
The coccyx is located at the lower end of the spine. Bone segment is usually well protected, but when injured during a fall or other trauma, the bone can be bruised or dislocated tail bone.
Any form of injury to the coccyx can cause serious problems because there are many nerves and muscles are attached to the tail bone, such as the nerve that surrounds the entire spine, pelvic floor muscles, the gut, and thighs and upper legs.
Some hazard when the coccyx injury as reported by WebMD and coccyx.org,
1. Pain during or after sitting
2. Acute pain when moving from sitting to standing
3. Severe headache
4. Pain in the whole body especially the waist and hip
5. Pain in the coccyx area which did not subside for long periods (coccygodynia)
6. Experiencing chronic digestive problems, especially constipation.
7. Severe menstrual cramps
8. Depression and insomnia
9. Pain during sexual intercourse
Besides falling in a sitting position, tail bone injury can also occur due to the following conditions:
1. Sitting position is wrong
2. Direct blow to the spine,
3. Injured or broken tail bone during childbirth
4. Tension or repetitive friction as the movement in rowing and cycling
5. Infection or tumor in the tail bone
Some health problems can arise just after the tail bone injury, while others appear in the next month or year.
Coccyx injury is more common in women because women make the pelvic bone forms the tail is more open.
