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While lying down, your body should form a straight line from the top of your head to your tailbone.
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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
Stay here for several breaths, sending the tailbone high, gazing toward the navel, and pressing your heels gently toward the mat.
—Julia Eskins, Outside, 22 Sep. 2025
Then, in December 2023, the suit says, Riley fell and injured his knee, back and tailbone.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2025
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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
Stay here for several breaths, sending the tailbone high, gazing toward the navel, and pressing your heels gently toward the mat.
—Julia Eskins, Outside, 22 Sep. 2025
Then, in December 2023, the suit says, Riley fell and injured his knee, back and tailbone.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Tailbone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tailbone. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
Copy CitationKids Definition
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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