Even 10+ pain can be bearable when it’s endured for good reason, like giving birth to a child ... But the zero-to-10 scale is ubiquitous today because of what was called a “pain revolution ...

“From the bones, to the muscles, to the vagina, to the ligaments,” all these changes can coccyx pain after birth, Dr. Greves says. Some more specific examples include: Looser ligaments ...