Call your doctor if you have: Elbow pain that doesnât go away with rest and ice, or pain that doesnât go away even when youâre not using your arm. Intense pain, swelling, and bruising around your elbow. Pain, swelling, or redness that gets worse, especially if you have a fever, too. Problems using your elbow, such as difficulty bending your arm.
Trauma: Injury to the coccyx is a very common cause of tailbone pain. Injury to the coccyx may lead to a bruise, fracture, or dislocation of the coccyx. A fall onto the tailbone in the seated position, usually against a hard surface, is a common cause of coccyx injury. A direct blow to the tailbone, such as those that occur during contact sports, can also injure the coccyx. The coccyx can be injured or fractured during childbirth.
Tailbone Pain Causes. Activities that put prolonged pressure on the tailbone, such as horseback riding and sitting on hard surface for long periods of time may cause the onset of pain. Tailbone pain due to these causes usually is not permanent, but if the inflammation and symptoms are not managed, the pain may become chronic. People with tailbone pain most often complain of pain in and around the coccyx without significant low back pain, pain radiation or referral of pain to other areas.