Symptoms of tailbone cancer include pain, noticeable mass, and weakness or numbness in the lower back and legs. Cancer in the tailbone, also known as the coccyx, may be a chordoma or a cancer that has ...

Dear Mayo Clinic: I developed severe pain in my tailbone after the birth of my first child. One doctor said I broke my tailbone and another said I didn't. A year later, I still have pain and can't sit ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I developed severe pain in my tailbone after the birth of my first child. One doctor said I broke my tailbone and another said I didn't. A year later, I still have pain and can't sit ...

At the very bottom of the human spine is a bone that sticks out a bit called the coccyx (cox-ix). We sometimes call it the “tailbone,” but it is actually made up of several different spinal bones. In ...