With careful listening to the patients story and specific diagnostic examination,
most cases of tailbone pain can be very well explained and treated
– Patrick Foye
Guest in this episode is Dr. Patrick Foye. Patrick is an American physician that is based in New Jersey, near New York and the founder and director of the Coccyx Pain Center (Tailbone Pain Center). He is also a professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Rutgers University. He became a true specialist in the field of tailbone pain and has treated thousands of patients over his more than 25 years of experience. People from all over the world contact him. Around 40% of his patients that consult him come to see him by plane and they come from all over the US and Canada but also from countries in South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia.
Patrick is one of the most well known people in the tailbone world and was one of the most prominent speakers at the World Congress. He is a true ambassador for getting the knowledge about tailbone pain out there and no one has given so many medical lectures about tailbone pain, published so many medical journal articles and chapters or parts of medical textbooks for doctors, as he did. He speaks worldwide about the topics and was at all the editions of world symposium for tailbone pain.
In addition to medical content for physicians, he also creates a lot of easy-to-understand material directly for patients suffering from tailbone pain. In 2015 he published the only book known to me about tailbone pain: “Tailbone Pain Relief Now!”. He has an extensive website under tailbonedoctor.com and also a YouTube channel with under that name with over 1,5 million views. On both he shares a lot of valuable info in an easy understandable way so it is very accessible for patients as well.
Even more importantly then all the work he put out there; he treats people with tailbone pain very frequently so his knowledge isn’t just coming from books. He is very experienced in the matter and with Tailbone Pain Center he runs a center that is fully specilialised on this subject.
Patrick had so much valuable info to offer, we split it in two episodes.
The first episode will cover what tailbone pain is, how and why it is often misdiagnosed and how a propper diagnosis can be established.
In the second episode we dive into the therapy and mainly Patrick’s expertise, that of injections.
You will learn about his extensive knowledge and experience and especially also his extreme enthusiasm about the topic and willingness to share the message that there is help out there.
You can find the podcast in the menu under Podcast as well as the links to the platforms where it is posted.
Resources
Patrick mentioned the treatment ladder he uses in his clinic and was so helpful to share it with you listeners and here it is:
Also he is very visible online. More info about tailbone pain you can find on Patrick’s website by clicking here. Together with the website of Jon Miles coocyx.org (guest in episode 4) and my website, this is the biggest online resource on tailbone pain.
On his YouTube Channel Tailbone Doctor (with more than 7,500 subscribers and over 1000 video’s and 1,5 million views), but also his Facebook, Instagram , LinkedIn, Pinterest or X-account, he shares a lot of valuable and highy quality information about tailbone pain.
Patrick wrote a book about Tailbone Pain in 2015 and it is still an excellent read and source of a lot of valuable information. You can find it here (where the PDF version is often even freely downloadable through Amazone) or order it through your regular local source.
Consultations by Patrick
Patrick works close to New York City and more about how to contact him you can find over here.
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.