So what about that coccyx dysfunction? A lot of  women have problems with coccyx after childbirth.  

Sometimes it likes to break backward, which  is really not much of a problem when it  

goes backward. This joint right here, this  sacrococcygial joint is a synovial joint and  

it's supposed to have movement. There are three or  four tiny little bones that are part of the coccyx  

and when you sit down, the coccyx is supposed to  flex forward. This joint is supposed to be mobile,  

but very commonly it gets osteoarthritic and does  not want to flex forward when you sit. The biggest  

problem that I see in my practice, sometimes  toddlers when they're young they will fall on  

a step and they will start to hook this coccyx and  it will get stuck there in what's called a "hooked  

coccyx." Very commonly you'll see a hooked coccyx  co-present with a left side shift. In other words,  

left side bent coccyx and hook too. That's  what I see more and I have no idea why it  

goes to the left more than to the right. That's  what I see in my practice more. You gotta get  

that out of there somehow, so there's several  good techniques for doing it. Of course the  

sacrotuberous ligament, sacrospinus ligaments  have to be released and I'll show you how to do  

that. Then we have to get in here and do some  muscles that people do not appreciate much and  

that's sacrococcygial, the lateral sacrococcygial  muscle the medial sacrococcygial muscle and of  

course you got another lateral on the outside.  Then you got the pubococcygeal muscles that  

come here and form the pelvic floor. They come  up here and all attach to form a container for  

the pelvic floor. All that stuff is important.  When they're having pelvic floor dysfunction this  

stuff is all got to be fixed. So here's some  very basic technique for dealing with coccyx  

dysfunction and/or pelvic floor dysfunction.  I'm going to leave this coccyx sitting up here,  

if that's ok with you Michelle. What I'm going  to do is I'm going to come in here first of  

all and come across where the sacrotuberous  ligaments are going to be. Right in here. So  

I'm going to come off the coccyx and come across  and just feel for tension in the sacrotuberous,  

sacrospinus ligaments. You guys have done this  technique, we've been teaching this for a long  

time, everybody teaches sacrotubers work so  I'm not going to spend much time on that. I  

just want you to know that you need to come  under that first, come under it and lift all  

that tissue up. You're trying to lift that  whole thing up. Of course, you've evaluate  

for the coccyx and you have to come down on the --  first of all, make sure you got a hooked coccyx,  

if you cannot feel the tip of the coccyx, you've  got coccyx dysfunction. Michelle's got a little  

bit of a hooked coccyx here, we're going to try to  get this out of here. So, one of the things I want  

to do is I want to check to see if it's side bent  to one side or another. So I'll come on this side,  

with the fingertips on her left side and try to  see if I can tell if it's a sidebend. And in fact  

she is a left sidebend coccyx. Got more room here  on the right. When I come over here she's got more  

room, but when I get over here not as much room on  this side. Ok? So, I'm going to be wanting to deal  

with this side. There's a lot of ways to do it.  Actually, Jerry Hesh has a technique I'm going to  

me. And that is I'm going to come under, as much  as I can. Start working on the sacrococcygeal  

ligaments first. So I'm going to come in right  like this and under as much as I can. I am always  

trying to work under coz I'm wanting to release  the tissue that's binding it down forward. So  

I'm coming in, and always make sure that you're  cool. You tell your person on the table exactly  

what you are doing, you ask their permission,  and always do it through underwear or clothing  

or a sheet or something on. Working on the err of  modesty. Ok, so now I'm going to ask you to pelvic  

tilt so I can feel where I am in there. Make  sure that I am on the sacrococcygeal ligaments  

and a little bit of that pubococcygeal - big ol'  complex there. And then I'm going to glide my  

finger over and try to push that coccyx into right  side bending. And putting it in position here.  

Ok, now I feel like I'm able to get under the tip  of her coccyx. I couldn't get under there before,  

so this is good. I am going to take a compressive  forcer right now and put my hand right here  

so I can push that sacrum up, so that I can get  under that coccyx. And now you just tell me if  

this is ok, that can be very tender down  there. Remember, the filum terminale ends,  

that's the end of the spinal cord. The spinal cord  doesn't actually end at S2, it comes down through  

tiny strands at filum terminale that runs all the  way down the tip of the coccyx. When it's hooked,  

the theory is that it can cause tractioning of the  dural membrane and can cause all sorts of weird  

dysfunction that can end in migraine, headaches  and all sorts of other weird psycho-emotional type  

problems. Ok, so I'm starting to get a release  in there, so as soon as I get a release I slowly  

come out and release that tissue. And I rock  around here. Take some of that -- that can be  

a little painful so you just kind of desensitize  some of the mechanoreceptors by doing this. Give  

this thing a try, check it on all of your  women that are having premenstrual syndrome  

problems that won't go away, if they're having  migraines. Don't just stop there at the head,  

check that dural membrane connection all the way  down through the filum terminale and through the  

coccyx. OK? ... ... Michelle, let's get up and  see how you feel after that coccyx de-hook,  

if that's the word. Erik: You ok, girl? Michelle:  Yea. Erik: You ever have trouble with that coccyx  

before? Michelle: I have actually a long time ago  I did a split on the pool, one leg inside the pool  

and the other outside and fell. And that's exactly  where I got all the impact, so as soon as you did  

that my whole body just, I could feel it go right  through me. Erik: Left, yea, that nervous system  

changes, it definitely changes the nervous system.  Appreciate you. Michelle: Thank you so much.