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To: marcusmaximus

What is the standard medical procedure for a broken tailbone? Nothing. There is no surgery.


13 posted on 12/10/2022 2:45:42 PM PST by Flick Lives (Cui bono)
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To: Flick Lives

The surgery is for his colon cancer, not the tailbone.


15 posted on 12/10/2022 2:47:12 PM PST by marcusmaximus
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To: Flick Lives

“What is the standard medical procedure for a broken tailbone? Nothing. There is no surgery.”

It depends on the severity of the break.

Several years ago I slipped on ice and landed hard, sustaining a hairline fracture of the coccyx. There was no medical procedure for that; just pain meds and PT. VERY uncomfortable and awkward injury. It resolved in about 10 - 12 weeks.


26 posted on 12/10/2022 3:02:14 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: Flick Lives

Not unless the x-rays revealed a small bone chip that needs removal. Otherwise, nothing for a bruised ‘tailbone’. I’ve had several, and time will heal it.


47 posted on 12/10/2022 4:15:13 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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