There were a lot of occasions where doctors and therapist
send me home with the message that there was nothing
they could do for me anymore and without any advise for a next step
Our guest in this episode is Marjolein
Marjolein was pregnant of her second child when her tailbone pain started. What followed was years of a lot of pain and restrictions. The path of finding adequate treatment led to strong desperation and even suicidal thoughts. Her tailbone problems made her inable to sit and work and in the end had serious implications for her career, sports and social life.
She saw a variety of doctors and therapists that mostly were not able to come with an answer to questions she had and were not able to help her. Often she was left with nothing more then: ‘we unfortunately cannot help you anymore’. She really had to find her own path to specialists in the field. Today she shares her story in what she learned along the way and how finally she found the relief she was looking for.
In this episode you will get the expert view from the patients perspective. I think that a lot of people suffering from tailbone problems can relate to her story and can find recognition and comfort in her experiences.
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Bonus
One of the striking things we specialists in tailbone treamtent run into and where we talk about in this episode, is that imigary being done for tailbone pain, often doesn’t include the tailbone… I saw several examples of this before and Marjolein was so kind to share her MRI scan where clearly the most interesting part is missing and should have been where the arrows are pointing to.
If you have imagery done for tailbone pain and want to check if the problem area was actually on it, you can compare it to this image.
Get in touch
In you have any questions about anything in and outside of this episode, comments or requests, let me know! You can email me through the contact field below or directly at roel@roelwilbers.nl.