Medical Treatment

In addition to home care, a physician may be able to provide further relief of pain with other medical and, rarely, surgical interventions.

• Stronger pain medications may be prescribed at the discretion of your physician.
  
  
• Stool softeners may be prescribed to prevent constipation.
  
  
• Injections of local anesthetics or corticosteroids into the coccyx area are sometimes required to treat continuing pain.
  
  
• Rarely, the coccyx may be surgically removed.