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Please i would like help with tailbone pain. how to know if its fractured or bruised?
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Tailbone pain: Tail bone pain most commonly comes from a fall or blunt injury to the tail bone. The only way to tell if it is fractured is an x-ray. Without a history of direct trauma to the tailbone then a fracture is unlikely.
Answered 8/20/2016
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