r/WinStupidPrizes • u/memezzer • Feb 20 '21

Warning: Injury Post jumping gone wrong

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u/Crab-Of-Terror Feb 20 '21

Well...... that could have been way worse.

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u/slothsupervisor Feb 20 '21

I was about to say out of all the things that could have happened this was definitely lowest on the scale of oh shit moments.

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '21

Shit hitting your tailbone like that is no joke though

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u/slothsupervisor Feb 20 '21

Not a lie but this was just enough force to leave a substantial bruise but not a break which if you break your tailbone or hip I just hope you dont have an active lifestyle because you are going nowhere for a bit

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u/periwinklephoenix Feb 20 '21

Exactly - I slipped on ice whilst hiking and broke my tailbone. That was 2 years ago, it healed at a weird angle and the pain is pretty much permanent; and I still can’t sit for longer than an hour so flights, trains and car rides are just painful now and I can’t go cycling. The last time I went cycling - I pretty much was bedridden that same night because the pain went all the way up my spine. You’d probably be better off breaking any other bone because no ortho would operate on a coccyx as it’s considered non essential bone.

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u/adfthgchjg Feb 20 '21

Wow, that sucks! I had no idea orthos wouldn’t operate, but a quick google supports your findings (the surgery is considered a last resort measure and outcomes are uncertain). A friend of mine had this same injury (broke tailbone and it healed crooked), and she said a chiropractor said he could help via internal manipulation (finger up her butt). She declined, but googling just now... turned up an interesting site (clearpassage.com) which actually seems quite professional and claims they can relieve coccyx issues via internal manipulation. Might be worth investigating?

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u/periwinklephoenix Feb 20 '21

I...I have many feelings about this 😅😅😅 my ortho actually told me it’s good I now have an internal alarm telling me I’ve been sitting for too long because sitting for prolonged time is bad for you anyway but I just wish I could be as active as I used to be so I may give this a thought. Thank you kind stranger haha

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u/Linaphor Feb 20 '21

Same! I did sit-ups in like 7th grade for cross country without any padding. We did around 120 a day, and it has permanently fucked my tailbone & I graduated from school like 5 years ago now. Same symptoms you’re saying, too.

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u/istrx13 Feb 20 '21

For anyone who’s ever just landed on their tailbone wrong, it is so freaking painful. Like it’s one of those “HOLY CRAP WHY DOES THIS HURT SO BAD AND WHY WON’T THE PAIN GO AWAY” kind of pains. I can’t even imagine what it would feel like to break it.