2016
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2016.08.007
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The Treatment of Chronic Coccydynia and Postcoccygectomy Pain With Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy

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“…[95][96][97] Patients with coccydynia and vulvodynia also had significant improvements in pain following a course of pelvic physical therapy. 98,99 Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) has been extensively studied in many chronic pain conditions. 100 CBT was initially developed as a treatment for depression, but has since been adapted to treat many other psychological conditions and chronic pain disorders.…”
Section: Non-pharmacologic Optionsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…[95][96][97] Patients with coccydynia and vulvodynia also had significant improvements in pain following a course of pelvic physical therapy. 98,99 Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) has been extensively studied in many chronic pain conditions. 100 CBT was initially developed as a treatment for depression, but has since been adapted to treat many other psychological conditions and chronic pain disorders.…”
Section: Non-pharmacologic Optionsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…8 A 2017 retrospective study of 93 patients supports at-home exercises with weekly one-hour visits with a trained pelvic floor physical therapist utilizing transrectal manipulation without simultaneous active patient assistance, focusing on lengthening and relaxing overactive pelvic floor muscles for coccydynia. 9 A 2018 case series of 52 patients used visual analogue scale and Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire to evaluate pharmacotherapy and OMT. The study included transrectal manipulation without active patient assistance as described by Maigne et al 2006 as a treatment for coccydynia.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Patients were instructed to lie down on their back with the hips and knees flexed to 90 degrees with both lower limbs rested on three or four pillows and assumed deep breathing exercises. The exercise program for both groups were pelvic floor exercises, 10 transversus abdominis training, 26 bridging exercises, 27 Clamshell exercises, 28 hamstring stretches, 29 and treadmill training. 30 Descriptions of exercises are shown in Table 1.…”
Section: Interventionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…4,5 Physical therapy modalities include shortwave diathermy to relieve pain and muscle spasms by deep tissue heating, 6 interferential current to provide temporary relief, 7,8 extracorporeal shock wave therapy to induce analgesic effect and to enhance tissue regeneration, 8 stretching of piriformis and iliopsoas muscles, Maitland's rhythmic oscillatory thoracic mobilization and phonophoresis, 9 and pelvic floor exercises. 10 Kinesiotaping is a rehabilitation method used widely in clinical practice. It is elastic strips carefully made to suit the density and elasticity of human skin.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%