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Separate your knees toward your armpits, keep your tailbone on the ground.
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Cory Martin, Verywell Health, 30 Oct. 2025
Jordan was sent to get an MRI for further testing of her tailbone.
—Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 16 Oct. 2025
While lying down, your body should form a straight line from the top of your head to your tailbone.
—Andee Tagle, NPR, 2 Oct. 2025
Garcia's wife, Stephany Gauffeny, told USA TODAY that her 31-year-old husband, a father of four, is hospitalized and unconscious after getting hit multiple times in the shooting, sustained injuries to the neck, stomach, tailbone and shoulder.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
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Cory Martin, Verywell Health, 30 Oct. 2025
Jordan was sent to get an MRI for further testing of her tailbone.
—Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 16 Oct. 2025
While lying down, your body should form a straight line from the top of your head to your tailbone.
—Andee Tagle, NPR, 2 Oct. 2025
Garcia's wife, Stephany Gauffeny, told USA TODAY that her 31-year-old husband, a father of four, is hospitalized and unconscious after getting hit multiple times in the shooting, sustained injuries to the neck, stomach, tailbone and shoulder.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
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“Tailbone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tailbone. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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tailbone
noun
tail·bone
ˈtā(ə)l-ˌbōn 
: coccyx
Medical Definition
tailbone
noun
tail·bone
-ˈbōn, -ˌbōn
1
: a caudal vertebra
2
: coccyx
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