The week before Christmas I fell: my legs slipped from under me and I went straight down on my backside before I had a chance to hold onto something. It was sore but I got up and walked on immediately without any trouble. However when sitting down for a while or driving I get pain in my coccyx (had to look that up, tailbone) and much pain in the left pelvic bone. The last one makes walking quite painful and it doesn't seem to really go away with resting. Could this be because of my fall and what can I do, could something be wrong with the pelvic bone?
2007-01-10 21:25:20 · 9 answers · asked by Elle Dee 3 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Injuries
After a fall two things could happen one is breaking bone and this does not seem to be your case. The second one is twisting of bones which in turn give stress to the muscles which are connected to the joints and some amount of tearing or damaging would have occured. Hence you find all the pain and I presume there is no swelling also because you have not stated. Hence what should be done now is not to exert yourself and bring more damage to the tissues and take pain killers if the pain is more and take plenty of rest for two days. If it is not reducing even afterwards then you have to consult a doctor.
2007-01-10 21:41:03 · answer #1 · answered by ssmindia 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should get it looked at by a doctor, you may have done some damage with the fall. You may have cracked a bone but not fully broken it. Internal bruising and swelling can be very painful but its a bit too long after the accident to be that. If you are not passing urine the same as usual you should get it looked at with some urgency (Problems in the pelvic area can affect the working of the kidneys and bladder);
2007-01-11 06:46:12 · answer #2 · answered by huggz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even after this time you could have done some damage ,so the best thing is to call in your local hospital and they will do x ray`s just to be sure you may just have badly bruised it but get it checked out
2007-01-11 05:31:13 · answer #3 · answered by Black Orchid 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, since its going on almost a month with little relief, you may have a small fracture in the pelvis. i see u having 2 true options: 1) deal with the pain and hope it goes away, or
B) go see a doctor, get an x-ray, etc...
hope ya feel better
2007-01-11 05:36:47 · answer #4 · answered by bobkat142 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ya you need to see Orthopedic Consultant or Surgeon. Same thing happen with me last year. I had a hair crack in my heel it went worst as i popped pain killers for 15 days, and that was on verge to get operated. But thank god operation got avoided.
So please don't neglect it, get expert opinion of surgeon onto that. I hope you ll get very well soon...take care...
2007-01-11 06:10:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
get an xray of pelvis pa and lat view
and r u urinating properly?
sorry if that sounds odd
but pelvis fractures may affect the urethra
2007-01-11 05:33:42 · answer #6 · answered by poison_ivy_sam 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with the other answers - but, if the doctor / x rays, etc don't fix it then go and see a McTimoney Chiropracter.
2007-01-11 07:39:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Possibly so go to the Dr and have xrays.
2007-01-11 06:30:01 · answer #8 · answered by Mary O 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go and see your GP. Could be a fracture.
2007-01-11 05:42:38 · answer #9 · answered by Alice S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋