Musculoskeletal pain, including low back pain and especially coccyx pain (tailbone pain,
coccydynia, including tailbone fractures, tailbone dislocations, tailbone dynamic instability, sitting
versus standing x-rays of the coccyx, etc.).
Hospital Affiliation
University Hospital, Newark
INSURANCE PARTICIPATION
Insurance Participation: with Provider Number (where applicable) The information below is subject to change and should not be relied upon until after
it is verified with the insurance company. In addition, psychiatric providers should
be contacted directly for information on their participation with managed care and
insurance companies.
Dr. Patrick Foye, M.D., is Founder and Director of the Coccyx Pain Center (Tailbone Pain Center), located in the United States, just outside of New York City.
Dr. Foye is a Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) at Rutgers University: New Jersey Medical School, in Newark, New Jersey.
Dr. Foye has been honored to receive many teaching awards throughout his career as a medical educator. Dr. Foye has received the UMDNJ Excellence in Teaching Award and been a member of the UMDNJ Master Educator's Guild.
USA Today newspaper named Dr. Foye on their list of "Most Influential Doctors". The American Academy of PM&R (AAPM&R) honored Dr. Foye with their national "Distinguished Clinician Award".
Dr. Foye has given more than 1,000 medical lectures and has authored more than 200 published medical journal articles, textbook chapters, abstracts, etc., mostly on the topic of musculoskeletal pain and especially coccydynia (coccyx pain, tailbone pain).
In addition to publishing medical content for physicians, Dr. Foye also extensively creates easy-to-understand educational materials directly for people suffering from coccydynia (coccyx pain). You can get those resources online at his website www.TailboneDoctor.com, on his YouTube channel TailbonePainDoctor, on Facebook.com/TailbonePainCenter, and on Twitter @TailboneDoctor.
Dr. Foye authored a 272-page book titled, "Tailbone Pain Relief Now!" which is available on Amazon.
Clinically, Dr. Foye is sub-specialty board-certified in Pain Medicine, and his particular niche area of evaluating and treating coccyx pain has drawn thousands of patients who fly in to see him from all across the country and internationally.
Education
MD, 1992, UMDNJ New Jersey Medical School BA, 1988, Drew University, College of Liberal Arts
Licensure & Certification
Medical Licensure New Jersey
Certification American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation - Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Relevant Publications
Dr. Foye publishes research on Tailbone Pain. This is so that physicians and patients
worldwide can learn how best to evaluate and treat patients who have tailbone pain. Doctors,
researchers and patients can learn from each other by reading reports published within formal
medical journals.
Below are summaries of a couple of recent articles by Dr. Foye on tailbone pain (coccyx
pain). Some of the more recent articles by Dr. Foye on coccydynia are currently In-Press
(which means that they have been accepted for publication, and will be officially published
soon).
Successful injection for coccyx pain. American Journal of Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation. 2006 Sep;85(9):783-4.
This is an article that Dr. Foye published in 2006. The article describes a special injection
where the physician performs a nerve block at the ganglion Impar. This is very different than a
typical coccyx injection that many physicians attempt in their offices. This is not a steroid
injection. It is a special type of nerve block. This injection requires fluoroscopy for accurate
placement of the injection. (If your doctor gave you a local injection at your tailbone, without
using a fluoroscopy machine to guide the injection to the exact location, it is very unlikely
that you received a ganglion Impar nerve block.) This article documents that a single injection
(when properly performed) can sometimes provide a patient with 100% permanent relief of
tailbone pain (coccyx pain).
Coccydynia Successfully Treated with Ganglion Impar Blocks: A Case Series. American
Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 2005;84(3):218.
This is something that Dr. Foye published in 2005. It was a case series looking at a number
of patients who came to see him for tailbone pain (coccyx pain, coccydynia). This particular
group of patients was treated with ganglion Impar nerve blocks. All patients reported
significant relief from receiving the injections. The percentage relief from any single injection
ranged from 20% relief to 75% relief.
Coccyx pain, chapter on eMedicine (including causes, tests, treatments and relief for tailbone
pain). This is a chapter (essentially a review article) all about coccyx pain. It is published
online at eMedicine. eMedicine is known as probably the world's largest online source of free,
peer-reviewed medical information for physicians of all medical specialties. eMedicine had Dr.
Foye personally write this review article, based upon his expertise in the area of treating
coccyx pain. This was published online in 2007. Although this article is intended primarily for
physicians, many patients will also find helpful information there. Also, patients who are not
close enough to personally see Dr. Foye in his office may find it helpful to print out a copy of
the article and give it to their treating physician.
For a partial list of publications by Dr. Foye, you can go to:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed&term=%28Foye+PM%5bAuth%5d
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For further information on Tailbone Pain (Coccyx Pain), please go to:
www.TailboneDoctor.com
