The pain you feel around your coccyx bones is also called tailbone pain. This pain mostly occurs when you are sitting upon hard surfaces for a long period. According to a scientific study, an average American adult spends more than six hours sitting every day. When measured over a lifetime, it can be deduced that people spend a lot of time seating. To a great extent, tailbone pain can be aggravated when a person does not sit with good posture. While sitting, it is a good practice to sit with your back against the chair and your feet on the ground to take pressure off the tailbone. Other causes of tailbone pain can be vaginal childbirth, tailbone injury, or slipping and falling.