Ever bruise your tailbone?

[jschwart73]

Originally Posted by CPATCRASH

Guess I forgot my sarcasm tag too.

[RS VR6]

It happened to me snowboarding years ago. It hurt so bad that I couldn't even push the clutch in to drive. Sucked standing up...sucked sitting down.

[denmother]

Yes!!! I fell at high speed on my DH bike and ended up doing an upside down, head first, high speed luge on a fireroad at Northstar, dang that hurt!! And it took months to heal.

[Chaos]

Originally Posted by jasonmason

So it turns out steph and tani were right, after all that it turned out to be a pilonidal cyst. Yikes, i had no idea a cyst could be so painful!

Had one lanced last friday. Mine was really bad I had to have surgery. Still recovering and can hardly sit [doc had to leave the wound open... says it needs to heal from inside out .

Being off the bike sucks!

[denmother]

Interesting reading

How You Got One

There is a basic set of factors that underlie a person's susceptibility to the disease, this is certainly not an inclusive list, these are only KNOWN risk factors:

• Family history of Pilonidal Disease
• Fetal development problems (Spina Bifida Occulta)
• Shape, size and scaliness of the person's hair
• Amount of hair in the natal cleft & buttocks
• Size of the pores in the skin over the tailbone
• High degree of friction and pressure on the tailbone (such as sitting improperly)
• Traumatic injury to the tailbone (such as a fall)
• Participation in high tailbone-impact activities (such as horseback riding)
• Depth of the natal cleft (impacted by weight and genetics)
• Shape of the natal cleft (overhanging areas, dips)
• Tendency towards blocked hair follicles (acne, boils, sebaceous cysts)
• Tendency towards other skin problems (eczema, etc...)