Bruised my tailbone

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ElenaDragon

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Yesterday I fell on my tailbone while ice skating and seemed to have bruised it. It hurts to sit for too long, hurts some to walk around too much, and hurts to lie on my back.

I want to give it time to heal, but I don't want to go completely inactive physically over the next week or so, so I'm hoping for some exercise suggestions. I think my usual cardio exercises (DDR and exercise bike) are out, as is ice skating for a little while. I'm okay with taking a break from cardio, but would like to have some sort of physical activity. I have some pilates videos... maybe I could do those and skip the parts that hurt? Any other suggestions?
 
Everything with Pilates incorporates your core and lumbar spine, right? I personally wouldn't be doing pilates. I broke my tailbone when I was a kid and it sucked, I couldn't sit for months. I had a note that said I was allowed to stand during class :rotflmao: I'm sorry you're hurt, it's one of the most annoying injuries ever. I'm not even sure what to suggest exercise-wise.
 
Luckily I don't think it's broken or I think I would be in a lot more pain right now. I couldn't imagine not being able to sit at all for months!

I think you're right about the pilates, that's probably out. Maybe I should just lift weights every day for a week. I have some dumbells, and currently do that about twice a week.
 
I feel for you, I did that once. Not ice skating though. I was real big into roller blading, but I didn't do it roller blading either. I was used to grinding on stuff like a skateboarding punk on rollerblades, but stuff like concrete and rails have alot of friction when you're sliding on blades. So this was back when all of the snowboarding terrain parks at ski resorts had just started getting popular, and the place I was at had just installed a rail in the middle of the run. I jumped on it and leaned back expecting alot of friction like on blades... and it was slick as snot on glass. Feet flew up in the air and my tailbone landed right on that rail. It hit so hard that I was temporarily paralyzed, couldn't move at all for about 30 seconds and then could barely move my legs for about 5 minutes. That sucked. I was barely able to get around for awhile, much less work out.

But, that story doesn't help you though. I'd say try swimming, very low impact there. You may be able to do some things that don't involve much bending at the waist or pressure on your rear... like pushups, crunches on a swiss ball, side bridges, etc. If anything hurts at all while trying anything, I say just take it easy or at least talk to a doc first.
 
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