A Crack on the Coccyx
"I rigged up a beam with a pulley at the top of the building...and filled the barrel with extra bricks. Then I went to the bottom and cast off the line. "Unfortunately, the barrel of bricks was heavier than I was, and before I knew what was happening the barrel started down jerking me off the ground..." Life is like that—ups and downs, a bump on the head, and a crack on the shins. Gordon B. Hinckley Last week a lady came in with an injured coccyx (that’s your tailbone if you don’t speak anatomy). It's not a happy place to have a broken bone and I was supposed to give our patient a massage. Unfortunately for her I have never handled an injured coccyx. I know what it looks like, I know where it is, but for some reason the practical application just wasn't hitting me. Poor woman. After some time she at last succeeded in explaining to me that I needed to lift the buttocks and massage in the crack to lift up the bone. Of course. Silly me. I need to massage y...