Under “Repositioning,” CMS emphasizes limiting the time individuals spend in a chair without pressure relief, especially those with a current sacrum/coccyx or ischial wound.

Dr. Vigna adds, “Ms. Kennedy described a sudden appearance of a red, yellow, or black bilateral pear-shaped ulcer predominantly on the sacrum or coccyx that seemed to be at increased risk of ...

to grow around the skull base, known as a clival chordoma, and the tailbone area, which is a sacral tumor. Chordomas are rare, with only 1 in 1,000,000 people receiving a diagnosis each year.

The pelvis forms the base of the spine as well as the socket of the hip joint. The pelvic bones include the hip bones, sacrum, and coccyx. The hip bones are composed of three sets of bones that ...

This includes the sacrum, coccyx, ilium, ischium, and pubis. The type of pelvic fracture a person has may depend on the trauma impact, which can range from mild to severe.