What causes tailbone pain?

Women may suffer from pain in the lower back and coccyx. When it comes to these pain problems in women, gynecological problems should be considered first. Chronic pelvic inflammatory disease may affect the pain in the lower back and coccyx. In addition, there are also possible reasons such as relaxation of the sacrospinous ligament, abnormal position of the uterus, pelvic tumors, and lumbar muscle strain. This article introduces the specific manifestations of these diseases. If you are troubled by some aspects, let’s take a look and learn more about them.

Cause 1: Chronic pelvic inflammatory disease

Women with chronic adnexitis, pelvic inflammatory disease, and pelvic connective tissue inflammation may experience lumbosacral pain due to inflammatory stimulation, accompanied by symptoms such as increased leucorrhea and distending pain in the lower abdomen. As the primary disease improves or is cured, the symptoms of low back pain may gradually become lighter and disappear. Therefore, women should pay attention to health care and hygiene during postpartum and menstrual periods after miscarriage to prevent the occurrence of acute pelvic inflammatory disease. If you accidentally get the disease, you must receive thorough treatment to prevent it from becoming a chronic disease.

Reason 2: Sacrospinous ligament relaxation

After pregnancy, as the fetus grows, the weight on the lumbar spine increases, and the support force of the waist increases, which leads to relaxation of the sacrospinal ligament, compressing the pelvic nerves and blood vessels and causing low back pain. Low back pain caused by this type of reason will generally disappear gradually as long as you pay more attention to your posture and rest.

Reason 3: Abnormal uterine position

Birth injuries, relaxation of uterine ligaments and other reasons can cause the uterus to tilt forward, bend backward, or prolapse, resulting in a feeling of falling and accompanied by lower back pain, which can be aggravated by walking and overwork. There is no special treatment for this type of low back pain, and uterine prolapse needs to be corrected. Changing body position can also relieve symptoms, and surgical treatment can be performed if necessary.

Cause 4: Pelvic tumor

Female reproductive system tumors are also one of the causes of chronic low back pain. Patients with uterine fibroids, cervical cancer, and ovarian cysts will all experience lumbar pain. Such patients often experience widespread pain in the entire abdomen when they have low back pain, and drug treatment is often ineffective.

Reason 5: Lumbar muscle strain

Women today face the dual pressures of career and family, and excessive physical fatigue is often unavoidable. In addition, their natural love of beauty leads to weight loss through exercise and tight waistbands, which can lead to lumbar muscle strain and cause low back pain. Therefore, these women should pay attention to the combination of work and rest, and exercise their waist scientifically so that the waist muscles can be stretched and relaxed.

Reason 6: Fertility Factors

If women of childbearing age use inappropriate contraceptive methods or have too many artificial abortions or sexual intercourse, it may cause endocrine disorders or lead to kidney damage and kidney essence deficiency, resulting in low back pain. Therefore, women in this age group should correct inappropriate contraceptive methods in a timely manner, moderate their sexual intercourse, and take appropriate supplements according to their physical conditions.