I'm sitting here typing at my PC, wearing my SI belt without any pain. I figured out that's what I needed a few weeks ago after a lot of research, but I could've saved myself a lot of pain and sleepless nights had I found your video a year ago. Love your content and humor.
Totally agree. Controversy about the SI moving. Over and over. Med Prof still have to acknowledge people get pain in this joint. Ruined my life. Told me it's all in my head
Great info. Without even trying the tests I know that at least 3 of them will be painful. My symptoms fit Sacroiliac Joint problems almost perfectly. The most telling part of the description is that it's entirely on one side. Something as innocuous as rolling to one side without the correct technique can set off an intense spasm. Hopefully my upcoming MRI will pinpoint the problem.
Love the intro song! Love your fun! You guys are really helping to share info for people to decide if they have SI pain- and more importantly, and that they can do something about it.
I graduated in 1989 as a licensed PT assistant. Currently I am still practicing but doing home health so I'm on my own! I'm also experiencing such terrible pain in my left SI area. I am trying to fix it and you guys might be able to help me. I'm going to watch everyone of your videos. I just can't believe that the jury is still out about whether this joint moves or not!
I think mine moves. When I'm lying on my side there's a slight adjusting, or slipping of some joint around my tailbone. I think it might be related to being double jointed in my hips, shoulders, and fingers; and my ankles and wrists bend a lot.
Best way to ease/overcome that SI pain... strengthen your core. Get those muscles stronger so that the SI joint is enveloped in tight muscles and the SI joint moves less. I had 3 babies back to back and my muscles were very weak afterwards. So when I did physical therapy and got those muscles strong enough to support that SI joint properly, that pain completely went away!
@@AG-nn8lp we all have a 6 pack, just not always visible. A 6 pack doesn't mean a strong core. Strong muscles deep in your core that stabilise the spine will help with a strong core. Try suitcase carries, this exercise has been life changing for me. Hope you manage to relieve the pain soon.
One of the quick screenings for SIJ we were instructed is to have the patient supine with the knees bent to approximately 45 degrees. Then, we apply pressure at the ASIS for about 5 seconds with over pressure at the end. Positive sign is if their pain is reproduced. Our instructors teach from the IAOM.
When you mentioned the shot, you were not kidding. My neurologist gave me a shot and pain left. I could walk without pain the next day. I was dying the day before.
That’s great you got relief, I’ve been trying to go the natural route but I’m considering the shot. Do you still get them & if so how often? How long did it help you?
I have been complaining of severe pain in the SI area for 50 years. My doctors keep trying to get me to have spinal fusions because I have ruptured discs. I refuse to have fusions. I keep telling all of these doctors that the majority of my pain is in the sacrum area. Why don't they listen? Now they have taken away my pain meds so I am in constant, severe pain.
Thank you so much for this video. I believe I have a problem with my SI joint. I am a student, so I spend much of my day sitting. I experience low-back or hip stiffness when I stand after sitting for a time, but no pain during any activity. When I sleep my discomfort ranges from itchy hip and leg muscles that beg to be stretched, to low back pain that sometimes radiates into the glute and hamstring. My left leg is sometimes shorter than my right (I stretch the quad, or massage it vigorously and my legs even out). I had complete relief from my back pain when I spent a month sleeping on a very hard bed and not doing yoga (vacation). I have started a treadmill routine walking at an incline and now my sleeping pain is back. I am very flexible and I enjoy all sports, so this pain is really affecting my quality of life. I have been to a PT and they found weakness in my T5 area so they focused on that. I know that the spine is a network so I see how strengthening that area would have an impact on my low back but I need to be able to exercise and sleep without drugs. I know this is ridiculously long and I appreciate your reading this.
Hi I know this is from five years ago but I wonder how are you doing now and if you figured out what it was causing the pain I am having the exact same symptoms as you described
@@bpurplemoon I have the same symptoms as her. My Chiropractor has helped. Neurologist have a stabilizing procedure ,but I don't think Ill go that route.
Hi Bob and Brad, you helped me get through groin injury, now I have an SI injury. I injured it originally in 2006 after a workout, and it reared it's ugly head 10 years later while I was cleaning the house for Thanksgiving. I don't know exactly what I did to make it slip out of place, I might have twisted or lifted the wrong way. I am an ex-dancer so I have hypermobility issues. I amtrying to stay positive. I am seeing an orthopedic doctor on Monday, I am hoping she sends me to PT because the thought of having an injection scares me. I also have to call my insurance company and see if I'm even covered for another injury. What stinks is I can't go right to see a physical therapist I have to have a prescription, that's Massachusetts. I'm not sure in other states if that's the case. Anyway, the two of you are such an inspiration. Thank you
I had two spinal fusion surgeries. The second was because the first failed and the hardware became lose. I was just starting my health career when this happened so I was fresh to the idea of back surgery. Looking back now which was 7 years ago my pain management doctor and my surgeon NEVER even mentioned that my SI joints could be bad. Despite me telling them that a lot of my pain was not in the center of my spine but rather down my leg, in my butt, and off to the side of the lower back. Of course I did not know anything nor heard about SI joint surgery. I just knew about the joint from anatomy. Seven years later, 30+ injections, years of PT, 2 spine surgeries, "I" final spoke up and said Im going to get my SI looked at. In my area only 4 surgeons do SI surgery. And I live in a hospitals city of big time hospitals. So I went to one doctor and he suggesting doing an SI injection to see if that was my pain. I did it three weeks ago. They did a MAC so I was asleep. Don't remember anything. It was wonderful. The next day my pain went down by 50%. No joke. I knew that it was my SI joint. Today I saw the surgeon and he said I could wait it out with another injection that only puts a band aid on it. I said nope....I want surgery. In 7 years with several surgeries on my body, I said I WANT this surgery. I am scheduled in three weeks to have my left fused followed by my right when I am healed. My point behind all of this. If your having low back pain make sure you get your pain management to consider SI joints and your surgeon to consider it. Do not let them talk you into fusing your lumbar without considering this and having testing done like me. Looking back I really did not need a lumbar fusion. I have been through hell every since. ALWAYS get a second opinion if you have decent insurance. Medicine is a practice. Every doc has a different opinion. What works for one person may not work for you. Everybody is different. And push your doctor to review your MRI or CT scan. With all do respect to radiologist, they don't see inside the body. They are trained to look at imaging, period. I work with docs in the OR. I can tell you many times when a doc said, "that was not on the MRI." Radiologist miss things all the time. Not because they are not looking. They just don't apply what they know to what the body looks like cut open. The radiologist completely missed my unfused spinal fusion and lose hardware. As soon as my surgeon saw the MRI he knew it did not fuse and the screws were lose. Get your doctor to look at the MRI, not read the dictation from the radiologist. Some docs go right off the radiologist report and don't look at the MRI.
I think I’m currently experiencing the same thing Post Spinal fusion. I still have pain on one side and a feeling like I need to pop that side all the time. I had an MRI probably 2 years ago and my SI joints were supposedly fine. But all my pain seems to be from my SI joint.
@@jamesmorgan1771 And then to top it off, you have a out of touch government trying to make it harder on doctors to treat their patients with chronic pain, always blaming the pain kills on their failed border policies and drug enforcement. It is not pain killers. It is illegal drugs.
I just started experiencing this pain for the first time last night. It got so bad that it woke me from a sound sleep at 4am. Man does it hurt. Thank you for the videos. It was a little scary feeling such intense pain and not knowing what the cause might be.
Wow 🤩thank you so much!!! You help me to diagnose exactly what I have experienced during the last year, the doctor I visited when i had the injury misdiagnose my injuries , this one is one of them. I have been watching your videos for the last hour and they have been of GREAT HELP !!🤩 THANK YOU SO MUCH !!
I am 3 days away from having the SI joint anesthetised - not sure if I want it to be this or not - I also have stage 4 endometriosis so would rather it be that that's causing the pain, than have two things be wrong . . . . can't weight bear, cant turn over in bed, cannot walk or stand for more that about a minute . . . awful and getting worse . .
I have been suffering terribly with SI pain for 7 months. I visited physios and chiros and spent so much money with no results until I met a chiro that does acupuncture (dry needling) It was unbelievably good!! For the first time in months I had no pain. I kept getting acupuncture twice a week with massage. Three weeks on and I’m almost back to my normal exercise routine.
Hi, I have a question. In your other video you had mentioned the lying down flat with leg hanging off the table and the knee to chest should relieve the pain . I did that and it did. Here, at 2:26, you say if have s.i., it will be painful. I'm a bit confused now. Thank you
I remember when the speed limit used to be 55 miles an hour on the highway in my state. Unfortunately there was a lady that was drunk that hit my parents car. I was very young this affected my growth plate in my left leg. So I have a huge leg length discrepancy. I also have HLA B27. Ankylosing spondylitis is no joke. It’s so painful for me to even stand and do dishes for less than five minutes. I’m pretty tough because I had two kids with no epidural, but I must say this is worse. My SI joints bring me to tears. I have scoliosis so bad I was picked on my whole life for it. I don’t care anymore cause I’m older now but it still hurt when I was young. And there is no pain killer that is strong enough for me. I’ve had the needles in my spine everything you could possibly imagine. It just sucks.
I been having lower back pain on the left side for roughly 2/3 years beginning at 17. Some days i dont feel anything, some days it's subtle, other it's worse. Thought it was a herniated disc, but i think this is the cause
@@zaidhasankhan3742 I asked my doctor for this. She told me I had to go to PT first. PT is a waste of time because it won't solve anything. Have had for going on a decade now. Right side buttock hurts when standing from sitting, sitting long periods, laying down goes away, standing prolong periods inflames it. Frustrating.
I'm suffering from sharp "sciatica" pain (but as you said doesn't go past the knee) and all these tests were positive when I went to the doctor... Glad I found your video about these, now I've got a better idea about where the pain is coming from. Will get some scans done in a few days. I just want to be able to walk without pain again. So sick of it!
@@userunfriendly9304 Hi, yes. I was diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis, I'm being followed by a rheumatologist and taking medication for a while now. These sharp pains still come and go, mostly when I'm stressed or have been standing or sitting for a long time but it's been manageable. Regular exercise (mostly pilates) has been helping to keep flare-ups to a minimum.
Have had lower back pain for 5 years and was misdiagnosed with herniated disc. Finally found a chiropractor who figured out that the cause of my pain is the SI Joint. So frustrating that doctors never consider this. Is this not taught at medical school or what!!!
It would have been nice if the net / you tube was around 35 yrs ago. I may had been able to have my SI pain pin pointed & my AS diagnosis many many years ago and maybe. Just maybe I would not have had so much damage and lived through so much constant 24/7 daily. Hourly minutely pain as I have. Thank you for the vid maybe you guys can help others in ways I was never helped.
That's interesting. I used to have recurrent "hip pain" for about 10 years and went to a GP at my university who couldn't diagnose it, but came up with Piriformis Syndrome. He sent me to physical therapy where the physical therapist basically mocked me for having the diagnosis (I had never heard of Piriformis Syndrome before the GP mentioned it). The PT diagnosed me with a strained SI joint (which I believe to have been correct). Physical therapy never really helped the situation. It wasn't until I changed the way I slept that the pain stopped coming back. Now the interesting part, is that when the pain would flare up (which happened about once a month for about a week at a time), it was extraordinarily painful to walk but walking up stairs was actually quite a bit less painful than flat surface walking.
@@shvetamalhotra4408 I slept in a really weird position, on my stomach with my leg hiked up to one side (with knee around chest level), for the first about 25 years of my life. This was causing me to stress my SI joint basically every night for 8 hours. I forced myself to sleep with my legs straight. Which was difficult for a few years because my legs would tingle if I left them relaxed. But finally got used to it and I haven't had this debilitating pain in my hip since.
@@bennattj Thank you so much for this comment…truly! I am in ever increasing pain with my (suspected) left SI joint. Coincidentally, for the past 35ish years, I’ve been sleeping EXACTLY as you describe, with my legs hiked up. My pain got worse when I started only hiking up my left leg (when my husband and I got together and I had less room to switch). I did once wonder if that might be contributing to my problem but dismissed it and assumed it was being overweight. But when my osteopath said, ‘lots of people are overweight but don’t have this pain’, I was completely lost. I’ve tried sleeping on my side with a pillow between my knees which can help sometimes but not completely. Your comment has made me realise that this may be down to how I’m sleeping all along! I can’t not sleep on my stomach, so I’m going to try to keep the legs straight and see how it goes. Thank you!!
I've slept in the same position as you described for 43 years . I've been having hip pain for about 6 months now. My GP said it might be arthrithis, the rheumatologist said that it is coming from my spine and my PT says that it is a problem with some ligaments. I'm going to try to adjust the way I sleep, I hope it will help.
I'm dealing with back pain that feels almost like a herniated disk towards the right side near my hip. I cannot afford healthcare , I am 17 and my parents are neglecting that I have an issue. The leg raise doesn't hurt, however, the slumped sitting leg raise is gruesome. I will continue to look through the videos to maybe see what it could be, but any feedback would mean the world to me. Thanks guys.
22 year old female here. I went to an orthopedic doctor in March for long term very lower back, hip/thigh and groin pain. They did x rays on my hip joints and the doctor shrugged at me and said “I don’t know why you’re having pain, your hips are textbook perfect”. Here I am 2 months later still in pain. I’m thinking this may be my problem but don’t know what kind of doctor to see.
i have had pain in my lower back for year & it is getting worse to the point i can't stand long or sit very long, I've had Dr's do mri, ct & xrays & they can never find anythang other than a few bone spurs..... the pain is right in the area of the sacroiliac, so should i have a Dr do the test where they inject the needle in the area to see if it helps with my pain, it's even hard to get out of bed, i have to roll over & just abt go to my knees just to get up everyday...... And that itself is hard to do with also having fibromyalgia & inflammatory arthritis to...... TIA
I have all that, but I also have numbness in the outside of both thighs, for many years, my pain was only on the right, but 21/2 years ago, my pain became bilateral. So pain is, low back, hips, buttocks and outer thighs, weakness and heavy legs, no shooting pains to the feet.
So at the end of Dec 2019 I went in for a fusion/decompression at L4-L5 for disc degenerative disease along with bulging discs and severe spinal stenosis. All these tests were promoted when I woke up with my left foot “paralyzed”. My spine and pain Dr. determined it was foot drop and I started wearing a brace for it. I went through all the injections and no relief at all so he finally sent me to a surgeon and I had surgery. When it was finally time to start PT afterwards I was coming up on my final appt when pain hit so bad that not only my physical therapist stopped my session had 2 other therapist come over and between the 3 of them had me do a few classes”tests” and these were among them, without diagnosing me they told me I needed to see my spine dr immediately and so I did and that was this past April, it was mainly my left side but has moved into the right side as well. So the 1st thing my dr did was to send me for an mri of the lumbar spine (again) because the x-ray had shown hardware in pls e like it should be. Needless to say the 45 min mri was a nightmare! It was bad enough that I hard an extremely hard time sitting up, forget turning over in bed or any bending whatsoever. So because of the hardware in my back it obscured anything the mri may have shown about the L5-S1 area so my dr proceeded with injections into that area and by far the most painful injections so far. But no relief from that at all I actually ended up being sent to the ER twice. Now here in August I have revisited my surgeon who knew exactly what it was and showed it to us(my husband and I) on the MRI. So he sent me back to my spine dr for a diagnostic injection into the SI joints but he is positive with the level of pain and the loss of movement and the severe impairment that I will have no relief from these injections(I am to call him 2 hours after to give report on percentage of relief) so today I had an mri on the pelvic area, the SI area and my hips. I cannot explain the level of pain I was in for 45 min laying flat on my back not to mention I’m claustrophobic but had already take meds for that, but I can tell you 2 of my 3 children were born natural with no kind of pain meds at all and I would rather go through that for 9-14 hours than do this again. So now Friday I go for the SI injections and I am terrified of the pain that is going to bring.(I hate needles) and both my spine dr and my surgeon are positive I will have to go in for a fusion of the SI joints. Why so much pain just to get relief? All of the tests including the Patrick and Faber test were positive! I can’t do this anymore.
I had an si joint sprain a month ago from lifting something too heavy, that shit hurts so bad. Chiropractor fixed it in 5 or 6 appointments plus the cyclobenzaprine pills helped with the pain also. I'm back to a 100% now and ready to go back to work 😁 sitting down on my couch was excruciating and had to sit on 3 pillows on top of my couch, that helped. I couldn't even step into the shower it hurt so bad.
At 3:57 to clarify... the PHYSICIAN themselves want to do an injection. I would encourage the specificity of “Doctor” as we try and change the stigma of hierarchy, as the majority of upcoming PTs will have a Doctorate degree as well.
I have the same pain he mentioned from my SI where it hurts down to my knee but no farther down. I wore uneven boots at work for months and didn't notice. Once I got new boots and straightened my lumbar the pain began shortly after. It has been 10 months almost and I still am not healing. Maybe because I haven't stopped working my construction job.
A lot of these tests need another person to do it to you... Trying to figure out if I have another bout of si joint dysfunction or if it is a herniated S1 disc this time. Nerve pain last night lower leg on both sides. Thanks for all these videos, guys!
I have the pain you describe but it's also in the front shin about 2inches below knee.....my boot on the right front side always wears out as if I walk on outside of foot
My neurologist suggested S I FUSION on my back. At this point my back is so unbearable, (I have had years of injections that last temporarily & was finally put on PERCOCET also) that I'm seriously thinking about it. What are your opinions. I can't continue the way I am, & I'm only 53 but have fibromyalgia & osteoporosis. I still workout 6 days a week, but I can't imagine another 20-30 years of pain. Is it worth the risk? Thank you for taking the time to read this🙄
Rebecca Riefberg I know I’m not a medical professional, but I would go for the surgery. It could change your life for the better. Find a doctor who is highly reputable in this surgery.
Fwiw i had SI joint joint pain on the right. I foolishly went to a chiropractor and he put pressure on the iliac crest on the right (presumably he thought the pelvis was too far back). The next day I had horrible pain on the LEFT side radiating from the groin right round to the buttock. And all the way down to my foot. Really nasty. It is easing off a bit but I will be needing a lot of PT to put this right and stabilise the joint. I am 6'5 and though I weigh about 190 lbs, there is obviously a lot of force going through the joint which now feels off on BOTH sides!
Hey guys! Great video. My pt believes my s.i joint is causing my pain (sciatica) in my ankle (lower leg)left buttock, and upper thigh just below the pelvic bone. On the other hand, my orthopedic believes my L5S1 disc herniation is causing my pain. I have received two nerve block injections for the l5S1 without much success. Do you recommend receiving a si joint injection as a way of process of elimination? Any suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks!
There is going to be a live webinar on SI Joint pain and treatment options! It's open for all health care physicians, physician assistants, physical therapists and anyone with SI joint disorders. You can register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/diagnosis-and-treatment-of-the-si-joint-registration-48935721059 Hope this helps :)
Hi! Thanks for your helpful video. I've go a question. What if I have no problems at all while I'm walking. Pain starts when I lay down n my back. It starts burning in my buttock and down the leg to my toes, especially painful is in my left shin. It stings. Thanks for your answer ❤
hey bob & brad thanks for the video !!! i m suffering it from 2011 mostly i take pain killers for relief like naprosyn 500 or nucoxia mr but now these tablets is also not helping me !!! i will try these exercises may be it will help !!! thanks bob & brad
4 years ago I had femur fractures from osteoporosis I never fell either I had rods and screws put in both legs they were done with in a week a part. I did therapy and I was getting around ok. Then my back pain was getting worse. I had back problems after having kids and I have neurofibromatosis and have tumors in my spine. My back pain got worse over time it was so bad I couldn’t do therapy. I got steroid injections that never helped and tried the trial stimulator and that did not help at all. I went and got the trial pain pump that took my pain away more then all the other things I tried. I just recently got the pump implanted and praying I get my life back enough to enjoy my grandkids I have not been able to walk for quite some time.
Now I'm more confused than ever.... My pain is in my foot and calf, sometimes in the groin areas.... The injection helped alot... They want to do si surgery... Now I'm not sure what to do... I've been in agony for years.... Nothing helps
Very helpful (and quite entertaining) video. I get pain in all 3 tests, my pain started when I bent down to pick something heavy up at work and I instantly felt a painful electrical sensation that hasn't gone away... Since this happened I have a constant sensation that the nerves in that area are knotted up and feel if someone pulled or yanked on my leg hard enough it would release that nerve and I would feel relief, instead I just live with the irritation. Been in pain for years now. I also have numbness on the outside of my thigh that stops at the knee? Pain goes from groin to hip, lower back, and leg. I've also noticed if I sleep completely flat on my back, when I wake up and move in any direction I get really sharp electrical shock pain on the outside of my thigh, stopping at my knee as well???
J.T. Marcoux Wow! You just described how I feel and if someone pulled my leg really hard I too feel like that would work. Things would just snap back into place.
I had a cauda equina repair in 2015. Three weeks ago I developed pain which is burning and causes significant aching down to my posterior left thigh. At this point, steroids po, are my only relief, however, being a diabetic not my drug of choice. I can take my finger and point consistently to this burning origin. I've is of minimal help . I'm pretty sure I have SI problem . The pain is so intense, I'm not sure why more aggressive tx isn't being sought. Thanks for the informative video
Boxers use their waste a lot especially to produce force when striking a heavy bag. Which causes not only impact in the shoulders and surrounding areas, but also the waist. Would they have issues with their SI? Or would it be both SI and sciatic nerve? I've suffered from a sharp pain in my leg. Once my body cooled down I couldn't walk when I warmed up I was able to move around with pain in my lower back. Stretches did make me feel better, but never fully took the pain away. Also once in a while I'd get a tremendous pain in my lower back that would make my legs buckle & I'd have to kneel a bit until it went away....thanx I'll be waiting reply.
Weird question... What if you feel like you need someone to put pressure hard on your sacrum (while you're lying on your belly)? I discovered this because I felt a lot of relief when my 16-lb cat sat on my sacrum when I was lying on my belly reading. I have asked my BF to push there a couple of times, and the feeling of relief is gone as soon as the pressure lets up.
Thank you! Guess what - Your SI joint exercises are helping me greatly, after only 4-5 days. It was sore (I guess from the exercises) the first couple of days, when I wrote my comment. :)
Very effective relief putting pressure on the sacrum. I get my lil sis she's 90 lbs to stand barefoot on my pelvis while on my belly when it feels like a migraine in the pelvis and it goes away instantly. Also, when I have no help I put a firm foam roller under the si joint while laying on my back using my own body weight to relieve the pressure and raise my legs to get up and down to adjust the pressure/relief.
I would like to purchase the message gun you demonstrated to help with sacroiliac muscle. I know you said it was expensive but I believe the price came down and sometimes you give out coupons. I would love to try it seeing that I have been going to a chiropractor for over a month and have not seen much improvement hardly at all. Thank you for getting this info to me. Your demonstration sounds like what I have .
Inhave been having off and on for years pain ingroin area when sit. Had MRA left hip joint dye injection showed nothing. Have severe pain in left groin area and bottom of button where hamstring meets gluteus. Also tailbone pain but only with pressure. My adductor and outside hamstrings are tight when touched. Please help me. Been on pain meds and making me sick. My orthopedic surgeon has me signed up for PT for the hamstrings . Did tests for SI and all negative. Also have tingling down leg into foot that is annoying but not painful. Seems like ingest relief when I don't do anything. Possible tendon ligaments micro tears. Pain is like severe burning and weakness in left leg. hELP
I find crossing my legs as in exercise 1 actually relieves my SI pain. Mine started (and this is dumb) by unknowingly sleeping one night with my leg hanging out of the bed and on the floor - we had got a new duvet that was too warm for me. Woke up in the morning in terrific pain and its been around ever since.
I believe I aggravated my SI today while trying to open a large plastic jar that had the cap stuck. I had to really turn it in both directions with a lot of strength and when finished, I was in pain. Hurts to sit and walk, and when I press on my sacrum, I can feel the pain. Haven’t been to a chiropractor but gonna have to asap.
I have all these symptoms ever since I was a little girl. 10 years ago they finally diagnosed me with mild scoliosis but I don't feel like my spine is crooked it's all on my lower back it grinds and it hurts and I can't stand on my feet more than 10 minutes I'll start hurting my legs my thighs it's one little spot in my lower back and it hurts so bad I want to scream sometimes it comes and goes anyway will you please tell me why the doctor diagnosed me with mild scoliosis bcuz I have all the exact same symptoms that you're telling me
Hi Gentlemen. Excellent presentation there. I want to share my problem. Maybe you can give me some advice. had an injury 3 years ago in the gym. I was doing the fixed bar lift with heavy plates. I think the place where i feel the pain is called the SI area. Its the lowest part of the backbone. An inch down in the hips area. I occasionally have neck and headaches and im sure its because of that injury in the gym. Whenever i sit on hard surfaces i get this pain. I feel there's an inflammation. It goes away if i get a massage or take some painkiller. But its recurring.i feel pain in the SI area as well and have headache at same time. Its really annoying. Would it be possible to give me some advice.
Hi, i really like your vids. I struggle with shin splints from alot of training, and i dont have time to stay off the training, do you have excercises to better or stablelize my condition?
I think my spine surgeon has missed the possibility I may have S,I, joint issues following a motorcycle accident that left me with tranverse fractures in my sacrum. Pain is worse on the right side where my buttock hit the car/ground[I was knocked out]and travels the outside of the thigh into the knee. Sitting and walking make the pain worse. It even wakes me from sleep if I lie on my right side for any length of time. Thanks Guys.
It has been two months and the pain was low level, and not everyday. I could walk with zero pain. Stretching would help tremendously. Yesterday I was fine, I was helping a neighbor, something pulled right where the SI joint is. It’s not sciatica or the hip joint. I’ve had sciatica and I can walk with no pain. now I’m in bed with extra severe pain. It went from not so bad to the worse pain it could cause. Sitting, standing, cause level 8 pain but shoots to 10. This is absolutely horrible. Laying down the pain is the same, and shoots to ten with the slightest movement. Question: will this get better or does require intervention of some kind ?
I have constant severe pain in this area and have for 15 years. I’ve given birth to three babies, all close to 10 lbs each. Last one was eight years ago. Went to a rheumatologist last month thinking I had ankylosing spondylitis. She took an x-ray of my SI joints and saw nothing but osteitis condensans. What do you know about that and do you think an x-ray is not enough to diagnose SI problems?
My doctor done mri days I have this my pain is worse at night after weight is off and I cannot bend my legs up when laying on tummy with them cramping the pain is awful are the cramps from this pls ty
Please I need help I have been in so much pain from movement in my right side lower back it's been a year and I'm not sure what to do I've been to a physical therapist, chiropractic care, and the doctors office all told me different things, and I'm not sure what to do! Who should I go see what should I go do, I'm just sick of being in this constant pain
I’m curious if episacral lipomas (a bilateral herniation of fat (and attached nerves) through the fascia above the iliac ridge) ever get misdiagnosed as SI joint pain. Is there a test to differentiate between the two?
How possible do you think it is to get mostly radiculopathic pain throughout the leg but not as much in the back when it comes to the SI joint vs lumbar discs? Have been treated and evaluated extensively for lumbar degeneration without making a dent in the sciatic pain, revisiting the possibility of SI joint dysfunction. Just interested in your opinion on this.
This is my worst hurt..very hard to move.im heavy. My pain on the right..sacrum is where my problem.when I sit ,I have no support to hold me up.i go curplunk
I had all these test and 'finger' test positive but the esi made no difference. Dr said corner lok si fusion may help. Anyone ever have it done? Did it work?
Can your sacrum and this issue cause your pelvis to rotate or shift?..also can your sacrum go out of alignment?..and can any of these issues cause your legs to be positioned awkwardly?
I get sharp pain in my left buttock just below the left dimple (PSIS I think) after prolonged sitting. The pain is made worse with left hip extension and and external rotation and eventually goes away after I feel and hear a click. Could that possible be coming from the left SI joint? Thanks
I'm sitting here typing at my PC, wearing my SI belt without any pain. I figured out that's what I needed a few weeks ago after a lot of research, but I could've saved myself a lot of pain and sleepless nights had I found your video a year ago. Love your content and humor.
Can you wear the belt at night to eliminate pain?
Is it only the belt that helped you?
@@magic.weaver Yes. I still use it but only when I go to bed. During the day, my back doesn't bother me much anymore.
@@myboozjee but when i am wearing the belt although the joint feels stabilised but the muscles around the joint are aching, did it happen to you ?
@@magic.weaver Yes, it happens if I've got it on a little too tight. I just adjust it until it's comfortable.
Totally agree. Controversy about the SI moving. Over and over. Med Prof still have to acknowledge people get pain in this joint. Ruined my life. Told me it's all in my head
Great info. Without even trying the tests I know that at least 3 of them will be painful. My symptoms fit Sacroiliac Joint problems almost perfectly. The most telling part of the description is that it's entirely on one side. Something as innocuous as rolling to one side without the correct technique can set off an intense spasm. Hopefully my upcoming MRI will pinpoint the problem.
Any update?
Update ?(Was the problem SI, did you get it fixed)
@@jtarchibald709Can you please tell me what are your symptoms
Love the intro song! Love your fun!
You guys are really helping to share info for people to decide if they have SI pain- and more importantly, and that they can do something about it.
I graduated in 1989 as a licensed PT assistant. Currently I am still practicing but doing home health so I'm on my own! I'm also experiencing such terrible pain in my left SI area. I am trying to fix it and you guys might be able to help me. I'm going to watch everyone of your videos. I just can't believe that the jury is still out about whether this joint moves or not!
I think mine moves. When I'm lying on my side there's a slight adjusting, or slipping of some joint around my tailbone. I think it might be related to being double jointed in my hips, shoulders, and fingers; and my ankles and wrists bend a lot.
The SI joint moves!!! believe me. I had a fusion SIJ and the loss of movement is very noticeable.
Best way to ease/overcome that SI pain... strengthen your core. Get those muscles stronger so that the SI joint is enveloped in tight muscles and the SI joint moves less. I had 3 babies back to back and my muscles were very weak afterwards. So when I did physical therapy and got those muscles strong enough to support that SI joint properly, that pain completely went away!
Could you please explain those core muscles strengthening exercises in few words ?
Not always true 😂 my core isn't the problem. 6 pack over here and have SI issues
@@AG-nn8lp we all have a 6 pack, just not always visible. A 6 pack doesn't mean a strong core. Strong muscles deep in your core that stabilise the spine will help with a strong core. Try suitcase carries, this exercise has been life changing for me. Hope you manage to relieve the pain soon.
@@AG-nn8lpAlso core excerises
wont work if your having pudendal neuralgia
One of the quick screenings for SIJ we were instructed is to have the patient supine with the knees bent to approximately 45 degrees. Then, we apply pressure at the ASIS for about 5 seconds with over pressure at the end. Positive sign is if their pain is reproduced. Our instructors teach from the IAOM.
That’s the best intro I’ve ever heard, absolutely amazing.
When you mentioned the shot, you were not kidding. My neurologist gave me a shot and pain left. I could walk without pain the next day. I was dying the day before.
That’s great you got relief, I’ve been trying to go the natural route but I’m considering the shot. Do you still get them & if so how often? How long did it help you?
Must be nice to even get a neurologist appointment to begin with. 9 weeks with no freaking help
Was waiting for Bob to start playing the spine like a guitar right after the intro
Ss me too 😁
Yeah play a spine tingling guitar solo lol
He can play in Spinal Tap
Same 🤣🤣🤣
😂
I have been complaining of severe pain in the SI area for 50 years. My doctors keep trying to get me to have spinal fusions because I have ruptured discs. I refuse to have fusions. I keep telling all of these doctors that the majority of my pain is in the sacrum area. Why don't they listen? Now they have taken away my pain meds so I am in constant, severe pain.
Thank you so much for this video. I believe I have a problem with my SI joint. I am a student, so I spend much of my day sitting. I experience low-back or hip stiffness when I stand after sitting for a time, but no pain during any activity. When I sleep my discomfort ranges from itchy hip and leg muscles that beg to be stretched, to low back pain that sometimes radiates into the glute and hamstring. My left leg is sometimes shorter than my right (I stretch the quad, or massage it vigorously and my legs even out). I had complete relief from my back pain when I spent a month sleeping on a very hard bed and not doing yoga (vacation). I have started a treadmill routine walking at an incline and now my sleeping pain is back. I am very flexible and I enjoy all sports, so this pain is really affecting my quality of life. I have been to a PT and they found weakness in my T5 area so they focused on that. I know that the spine is a network so I see how strengthening that area would have an impact on my low back but I need to be able to exercise and sleep without drugs. I know this is ridiculously long and I appreciate your reading this.
Hi I know this is from five years ago but I wonder how are you doing now and if you figured out what it was causing the pain I am having the exact same symptoms as you described
@@bpurplemoon I have the same symptoms as her. My Chiropractor has helped. Neurologist have a stabilizing procedure ,but I don't think Ill go that route.
Walking up an incline is what makes mine flare! Pt was making me worse
The way he holds the spine like a guitar 🎸 epic
Strum me like a guitar 😊😅
Hi Bob and Brad, you helped me get through groin injury, now I have an SI injury. I injured it originally in 2006 after a workout, and it reared it's ugly head 10 years later while I was cleaning the house for Thanksgiving. I don't know exactly what I did to make it slip out of place, I might have twisted or lifted the wrong way. I am an ex-dancer so I have hypermobility issues. I amtrying to stay positive.
I am seeing an orthopedic doctor on Monday, I am hoping she sends me to PT because the thought of having an injection scares me. I also have to call my insurance company and see if I'm even covered for another injury.
What stinks is I can't go right to see a physical therapist I have to have a prescription, that's Massachusetts. I'm not sure in other states if that's the case.
Anyway, the two of you are such an inspiration.
Thank you
Thank you for this video! I am sick and tired of being in constant pain every day!
Feeling better?
I hope your pain is gone by now friend. Looks to be two years ago you made this comment
Same here! I have SI pain every single day. It started during my pregnancy.
Mama To Rylie I do too 😭 mine happened specifically after I gave birth 3.5 months ago. What does your pain feel like? This is a hopeless feeling
The same started when I was 5 months pregnant @@Kalina1982
I have benefited greatly from your videos. Thank you so much. I am retired and keeping in as good physical condition as possible is a priority for me.
tomie 2 tone where are you geographically, zip code or city/state? Maybe a PT in your area could help you.
Thanks but I have already found a place, I posted this months ago ! But thank you anyway !
I had two spinal fusion surgeries. The second was because the first failed and the hardware became lose. I was just starting my health career when this happened so I was fresh to the idea of back surgery. Looking back now which was 7 years ago my pain management doctor and my surgeon NEVER even mentioned that my SI joints could be bad. Despite me telling them that a lot of my pain was not in the center of my spine but rather down my leg, in my butt, and off to the side of the lower back. Of course I did not know anything nor heard about SI joint surgery. I just knew about the joint from anatomy. Seven years later, 30+ injections, years of PT, 2 spine surgeries, "I" final spoke up and said Im going to get my SI looked at. In my area only 4 surgeons do SI surgery. And I live in a hospitals city of big time hospitals. So I went to one doctor and he suggesting doing an SI injection to see if that was my pain. I did it three weeks ago. They did a MAC so I was asleep. Don't remember anything. It was wonderful. The next day my pain went down by 50%. No joke. I knew that it was my SI joint. Today I saw the surgeon and he said I could wait it out with another injection that only puts a band aid on it. I said nope....I want surgery. In 7 years with several surgeries on my body, I said I WANT this surgery. I am scheduled in three weeks to have my left fused followed by my right when I am healed. My point behind all of this. If your having low back pain make sure you get your pain management to consider SI joints and your surgeon to consider it. Do not let them talk you into fusing your lumbar without considering this and having testing done like me. Looking back I really did not need a lumbar fusion. I have been through hell every since. ALWAYS get a second opinion if you have decent insurance. Medicine is a practice. Every doc has a different opinion. What works for one person may not work for you. Everybody is different. And push your doctor to review your MRI or CT scan. With all do respect to radiologist, they don't see inside the body. They are trained to look at imaging, period. I work with docs in the OR. I can tell you many times when a doc said, "that was not on the MRI." Radiologist miss things all the time. Not because they are not looking. They just don't apply what they know to what the body looks like cut open. The radiologist completely missed my unfused spinal fusion and lose hardware. As soon as my surgeon saw the MRI he knew it did not fuse and the screws were lose. Get your doctor to look at the MRI, not read the dictation from the radiologist. Some docs go right off the radiologist report and don't look at the MRI.
follow up? did the SI joint fusions help?
I would also like to know if you had success?
I think I’m currently experiencing the same thing Post Spinal fusion. I still have pain on one side and a feeling like I need to pop that side all the time. I had an MRI probably 2 years ago and my SI joints were supposedly fine. But all my pain seems to be from my SI joint.
I fell for the SI joint fusion 7 years ago...worst mistake of my life...I've been in worse pain than before the surgery. Every day is a struggle
@@jamesmorgan1771 And then to top it off, you have a out of touch government trying to make it harder on doctors to treat their patients with chronic pain, always blaming the pain kills on their failed border policies and drug enforcement. It is not pain killers. It is illegal drugs.
I had problems with the sacroiliac joint and got rid of it with effective exercises in less than a month.
Which exercises did you take up, can you please help
Thank you very much for such a simple way to explain such a typical medical problem. With the best regards to both of you.
Mr. Skeleton, seems very intrigued by what's going on @1:57. 🤔
I just started experiencing this pain for the first time last night. It got so bad that it woke me from a sound sleep at 4am. Man does it hurt. Thank you for the videos. It was a little scary feeling such intense pain and not knowing what the cause might be.
How do you feel now Mrs. Sheltie?
Wow 🤩thank you so much!!!
You help me to diagnose exactly what I have experienced during the last year, the doctor I visited when i had the injury misdiagnose my injuries , this one is one of them.
I have been watching your videos for the last hour and they have been of GREAT HELP !!🤩 THANK YOU SO MUCH !!
Ohmygosh! Thank you for this! This describes my hip pain exactly. I had questioned an SI joint issue! Will check with my chiro/PT asap!
I am 3 days away from having the SI joint anesthetised - not sure if I want it to be this or not - I also have stage 4 endometriosis so would rather it be that that's causing the pain, than have two things be wrong . . . . can't weight bear, cant turn over in bed, cannot walk or stand for more that about a minute . . . awful and getting worse . .
How are you doing now?
woa you guys are under appreciated! keep up the good work!
I have been suffering terribly with SI pain for 7 months.
I visited physios and chiros and spent so much money with no results until I met a chiro that does acupuncture (dry needling)
It was unbelievably good!!
For the first time in months I had no pain. I kept getting acupuncture twice a week with massage. Three weeks on and I’m almost back to my normal exercise routine.
Hi, I have a question. In your other video you had mentioned the lying down flat with leg hanging off the table and the knee to chest should relieve the pain . I did that and it did. Here, at 2:26, you say if have s.i., it will be painful. I'm a bit confused now. Thank you
Thanks guys…your channel is great.
I remember when the speed limit used to be 55 miles an hour on the highway in my state. Unfortunately there was a lady that was drunk that hit my parents car. I was very young this affected my growth plate in my left leg. So I have a huge leg length discrepancy. I also have HLA B27. Ankylosing spondylitis is no joke. It’s so painful for me to even stand and do dishes for less than five minutes. I’m pretty tough because I had two kids with no epidural, but I must say this is worse. My SI joints bring me to tears. I have scoliosis so bad I was picked on my whole life for it. I don’t care anymore cause I’m older now but it still hurt when I was young. And there is no pain killer that is strong enough for me. I’ve had the needles in my spine everything you could possibly imagine. It just sucks.
I been having lower back pain on the left side for roughly 2/3 years beginning at 17. Some days i dont feel anything, some days it's subtle, other it's worse. Thought it was a herniated disc, but i think this is the cause
Similar symptoms
Go for HLAB27 TEST N MRI of SI joint
@@zaidhasankhan3742 I asked my doctor for this. She told me I had to go to PT first. PT is a waste of time because it won't solve anything. Have had for going on a decade now. Right side buttock hurts when standing from sitting, sitting long periods, laying down goes away, standing prolong periods inflames it. Frustrating.
@@pmccoy8924 same here 🥺 Haven't found any solution but am hoping for the best
@@pmccoy8924 you must be having inflammation like mine! It only hirts when i stand for prolong time! And if a sit lil longer! I could relate
Wow, I love these guys. It's exactly what I have and they've helped me so many times.❤
I'm suffering from sharp "sciatica" pain (but as you said doesn't go past the knee) and all these tests were positive when I went to the doctor... Glad I found your video about these, now I've got a better idea about where the pain is coming from. Will get some scans done in a few days. I just want to be able to walk without pain again. So sick of it!
Did your pain ever get better?
@@userunfriendly9304 Hi, yes. I was diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis, I'm being followed by a rheumatologist and taking medication for a while now. These sharp pains still come and go, mostly when I'm stressed or have been standing or sitting for a long time but it's been manageable. Regular exercise (mostly pilates) has been helping to keep flare-ups to a minimum.
Mine DOES go past the knee.... confirmed it's NOT my lower back. It absolutely can go past the knee
Have had lower back pain for 5 years and was misdiagnosed with herniated disc. Finally found a chiropractor who figured out that the cause of my pain is the SI Joint. So frustrating that doctors never consider this. Is this not taught at medical school or what!!!
What did your chiropractor do to help you
It would have been nice if the net / you tube was around 35 yrs ago. I may had been able to have my SI pain pin pointed & my AS diagnosis many many years ago and maybe. Just maybe I would not have had so much damage and lived through so much constant 24/7 daily. Hourly minutely pain as I have. Thank you for the vid maybe you guys can help others in ways I was never helped.
That's interesting. I used to have recurrent "hip pain" for about 10 years and went to a GP at my university who couldn't diagnose it, but came up with Piriformis Syndrome. He sent me to physical therapy where the physical therapist basically mocked me for having the diagnosis (I had never heard of Piriformis Syndrome before the GP mentioned it). The PT diagnosed me with a strained SI joint (which I believe to have been correct). Physical therapy never really helped the situation. It wasn't until I changed the way I slept that the pain stopped coming back.
Now the interesting part, is that when the pain would flare up (which happened about once a month for about a week at a time), it was extraordinarily painful to walk but walking up stairs was actually quite a bit less painful than flat surface walking.
What position did you sleep in to make the pain stop from coming back?
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@@shvetamalhotra4408 I slept in a really weird position, on my stomach with my leg hiked up to one side (with knee around chest level), for the first about 25 years of my life. This was causing me to stress my SI joint basically every night for 8 hours.
I forced myself to sleep with my legs straight. Which was difficult for a few years because my legs would tingle if I left them relaxed. But finally got used to it and I haven't had this debilitating pain in my hip since.
@@bennattj Thank you so much for this comment…truly! I am in ever increasing pain with my (suspected) left SI joint. Coincidentally, for the past 35ish years, I’ve been sleeping EXACTLY as you describe, with my legs hiked up. My pain got worse when I started only hiking up my left leg (when my husband and I got together and I had less room to switch). I did once wonder if that might be contributing to my problem but dismissed it and assumed it was being overweight. But when my osteopath said, ‘lots of people are overweight but don’t have this pain’, I was completely lost.
I’ve tried sleeping on my side with a pillow between my knees which can help sometimes but not completely. Your comment has made me realise that this may be down to how I’m sleeping all along! I can’t not sleep on my stomach, so I’m going to try to keep the legs straight and see how it goes. Thank you!!
I've slept in the same position as you described for 43 years . I've been having hip pain for about 6 months now. My GP said it might be arthrithis, the rheumatologist said that it is coming from my spine and my PT says that it is a problem with some ligaments. I'm going to try to adjust the way I sleep, I hope it will help.
I’m actually taking this video into my PHYSICAL THERAPIST office tomorrow!!!!
Do you guys have a recommendations for the SI belt?
Guys you are my new binge tv 📺. And I’m smarter watching you guys.
I'm dealing with back pain that feels almost like a herniated disk towards the right side near my hip. I cannot afford healthcare , I am 17 and my parents are neglecting that I have an issue. The leg raise doesn't hurt, however, the slumped sitting leg raise is gruesome. I will continue to look through the videos to maybe see what it could be, but any feedback would mean the world to me. Thanks guys.
22 year old female here. I went to an orthopedic doctor in March for long term very lower back, hip/thigh and groin pain. They did x rays on my hip joints and the doctor shrugged at me and said “I don’t know why you’re having pain, your hips are textbook perfect”. Here I am 2 months later still in pain. I’m thinking this may be my problem but don’t know what kind of doctor to see.
Cayla go to a very qualified sports doctor or a pain clinic
Pain clinic or neurologist because it could be MS
i have had pain in my lower back for year & it is getting worse to the point i can't stand long or sit very long, I've had Dr's do mri, ct & xrays & they can never find anythang other than a few bone spurs.....
the pain is right in the area of the sacroiliac, so should i have a Dr do the test where they inject the needle in the area to see if it helps with my pain, it's even hard to get out of bed, i have to roll over & just abt go to my knees just to get up everyday......
And that itself is hard to do with also having fibromyalgia & inflammatory arthritis to......
TIA
I have all that, but I also have numbness in the outside of both thighs, for many years, my pain was only on the right, but 21/2 years ago, my pain became bilateral. So pain is, low back, hips, buttocks and outer thighs, weakness and heavy legs, no shooting pains to the feet.
So at the end of Dec 2019 I went in for a fusion/decompression at L4-L5 for disc degenerative disease along with bulging discs and severe spinal stenosis. All these tests were promoted when I woke up with my left foot “paralyzed”. My spine and pain Dr. determined it was foot drop and I started wearing a brace for it. I went through all the injections and no relief at all so he finally sent me to a surgeon and I had surgery. When it was finally time to start PT afterwards I was coming up on my final appt when pain hit so bad that not only my physical therapist stopped my session had 2 other therapist come over and between the 3 of them had me do a few classes”tests” and these were among them, without diagnosing me they told me I needed to see my spine dr immediately and so I did and that was this past April, it was mainly my left side but has moved into the right side as well. So the 1st thing my dr did was to send me for an mri of the lumbar spine (again) because the x-ray had shown hardware in pls e like it should be. Needless to say the 45 min mri was a nightmare! It was bad enough that I hard an extremely hard time sitting up, forget turning over in bed or any bending whatsoever. So because of the hardware in my back it obscured anything the mri may have shown about the L5-S1 area so my dr proceeded with injections into that area and by far the most painful injections so far. But no relief from that at all I actually ended up being sent to the ER twice. Now here in August I have revisited my surgeon who knew exactly what it was and showed it to us(my husband and I) on the MRI. So he sent me back to my spine dr for a diagnostic injection into the SI joints but he is positive with the level of pain and the loss of movement and the severe impairment that I will have no relief from these injections(I am to call him 2 hours after to give report on percentage of relief) so today I had an mri on the pelvic area, the SI area and my hips. I cannot explain the level of pain I was in for 45 min laying flat on my back not to mention I’m claustrophobic but had already take meds for that, but I can tell you 2 of my 3 children were born natural with no kind of pain meds at all and I would rather go through that for 9-14 hours than do this again. So now Friday I go for the SI injections and I am terrified of the pain that is going to bring.(I hate needles) and both my spine dr and my surgeon are positive I will have to go in for a fusion of the SI joints. Why so much pain just to get relief? All of the tests including the Patrick and Faber test were positive! I can’t do this anymore.
I had an si joint sprain a month ago from lifting something too heavy, that shit hurts so bad. Chiropractor fixed it in 5 or 6 appointments plus the cyclobenzaprine pills helped with the pain also. I'm back to a 100% now and ready to go back to work 😁 sitting down on my couch was excruciating and had to sit on 3 pillows on top of my couch, that helped. I couldn't even step into the shower it hurt so bad.
Was the pain sharp?
I have had SI joint issues for the last 5 years. Nobody has ever listened to me except for one chiropractor. I’m so sick of having back pain.
I hope u are good now... any updates?
At 3:57 to clarify... the PHYSICIAN themselves want to do an injection. I would encourage the specificity of “Doctor” as we try and change the stigma of hierarchy, as the majority of upcoming PTs will have a Doctorate degree as well.
I have the same pain he mentioned from my SI where it hurts down to my knee but no farther down.
I wore uneven boots at work for months and didn't notice. Once I got new boots and straightened my lumbar the pain began shortly after. It has been 10 months almost and I still am not healing. Maybe because I haven't stopped working my construction job.
A lot of these tests need another person to do it to you... Trying to figure out if I have another bout of si joint dysfunction or if it is a herniated S1 disc this time. Nerve pain last night lower leg on both sides. Thanks for all these videos, guys!
I have the pain you describe but it's also in the front shin about 2inches below knee.....my boot on the right front side always wears out as if I walk on outside of foot
Thank you!!! I really appreciate gaining a better understanding of the body!
I had an injection and all my pain went away. So the doctor wanted to try it again when my pain came back, but this injection did nothing. Now what?
Dotor,como eu posso alhiniar minha bacia( sacroiliico),torcido?. Quais sau exercícios qual eu tenho que fazer em casa? Obrigado
Every one of these motions made me wince in agony just seeing them because I know they would hurt like hell, currently being treated for SI issues
I know! I was cringing so hard because I could imagine how much it hurts
My neurologist suggested
S I FUSION on my back. At this point my back is so unbearable, (I have had years of injections that last temporarily & was finally put on PERCOCET also) that I'm seriously thinking about it. What are your opinions. I can't continue the way I am, & I'm only 53 but have fibromyalgia & osteoporosis. I still workout 6 days a week, but I can't imagine another 20-30 years of pain. Is it worth the risk?
Thank you for taking the time to read this🙄
Rebecca Riefberg I know I’m not a medical professional, but I would go for the surgery. It could change your life for the better. Find a doctor who is highly reputable in this surgery.
Fwiw i had SI joint joint pain on the right. I foolishly went to a chiropractor and he put pressure on the iliac crest on the right (presumably he thought the pelvis was too far back). The next day I had horrible pain on the LEFT side radiating from the groin right round to the buttock. And all the way down to my foot. Really nasty. It is easing off a bit but I will be needing a lot of PT to put this right and stabilise the joint.
I am 6'5 and though I weigh about 190 lbs, there is obviously a lot of force going through the joint which now feels off on BOTH sides!
My neurologist offered a procedure SI stabilizing. My Chiropractor didn't think it a good idea. I'm waiting to see if my chiropractor can help me.
Hey guys! Great video. My pt believes my s.i joint is causing my pain (sciatica) in my ankle (lower leg)left buttock, and upper thigh just below the pelvic bone. On the other hand, my orthopedic believes my L5S1 disc herniation is causing my pain. I have received two nerve block injections for the l5S1 without much success. Do you recommend receiving a si joint injection as a way of process of elimination? Any suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks!
There is going to be a live webinar on SI Joint pain and treatment options! It's open for all health care physicians, physician assistants, physical therapists and anyone with SI joint disorders. You can register here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/diagnosis-and-treatment-of-the-si-joint-registration-48935721059
Hope this helps :)
SI joint pain can absolutely go into the feet because it can mimic dermatome maps for L5-S1......🙄 Ask me how I know
Hi! Thanks for your helpful video. I've go a question. What if I have no problems at all while I'm walking. Pain starts when I lay down n my back. It starts burning in my buttock and down the leg to my toes, especially painful is in my left shin. It stings. Thanks for your answer ❤
Great video ! Thanks to both of you for great work !
hey bob & brad thanks for the video !!!
i m suffering it from 2011 mostly i take pain killers for relief like naprosyn 500 or nucoxia mr but now these tablets is also not helping me !!! i will try these exercises may be it will help !!! thanks bob & brad
Ah I love these old og videos
I love you guys! Thank you for all you do!💜💜💜
prayin 4 Bob.... blessings on u BOTH
4 years ago I had femur fractures from osteoporosis I never fell either
I had rods and screws put in both legs they were done with in a week a part. I did therapy and I was getting around ok. Then my back pain was getting worse. I had back problems after having kids and I have neurofibromatosis and have tumors in my spine. My back pain got worse over time it was so bad I couldn’t do therapy. I got steroid injections that never helped and tried the trial stimulator and that did not help at all. I went and got the trial pain pump that took my pain away more then all the other things I tried.
I just recently got the pump implanted and praying I get my life back enough to enjoy my grandkids
I have not been able to walk for quite some time.
The doctor I go to said my spine was a mess he said my spine was spiraled. (Scoliosis)
Now I'm more confused than ever.... My pain is in my foot and calf, sometimes in the groin areas.... The injection helped alot... They want to do si surgery... Now I'm not sure what to do... I've been in agony for years.... Nothing helps
Very helpful (and quite entertaining) video. I get pain in all 3 tests, my pain started when I bent down to pick something heavy up at work and I instantly felt a painful electrical sensation that hasn't gone away... Since this happened I have a constant sensation that the nerves in that area are knotted up and feel if someone pulled or yanked on my leg hard enough it would release that nerve and I would feel relief, instead I just live with the irritation. Been in pain for years now. I also have numbness on the outside of my thigh that stops at the knee? Pain goes from groin to hip, lower back, and leg. I've also noticed if I sleep completely flat on my back, when I wake up and move in any direction I get really sharp electrical shock pain on the outside of my thigh, stopping at my knee as well???
J.T. Marcoux Wow! You just described how I feel and if someone pulled my leg really hard I too feel like that would work. Things would just snap back into place.
I had a cauda equina repair in 2015. Three weeks ago I developed pain which is burning and causes significant aching down to my posterior left thigh. At this point, steroids po, are my only relief, however, being a diabetic not my drug of choice. I can take my finger and point consistently to this burning origin. I've is of minimal help . I'm pretty sure I have SI problem . The pain is so intense, I'm not sure why more aggressive tx isn't being sought.
Thanks for the informative video
You guys are brilliant. Help me so much.
Happy to help! Thank you for your continued support!
Boxers use their waste a lot especially to produce force when striking a heavy bag. Which causes not only impact in the shoulders and surrounding areas, but also the waist. Would they have issues with their SI? Or would it be both SI and sciatic nerve? I've suffered from a sharp pain in my leg. Once my body cooled down I couldn't walk when I warmed up I was able to move around with pain in my lower back. Stretches did make me feel better, but never fully took the pain away. Also once in a while I'd get a tremendous pain in my lower back that would make my legs buckle & I'd have to kneel a bit until it went away....thanx I'll be waiting reply.
Weird question... What if you feel like you need someone to put pressure hard on your sacrum (while you're lying on your belly)? I discovered this because I felt a lot of relief when my 16-lb cat sat on my sacrum when I was lying on my belly reading. I have asked my BF to push there a couple of times, and the feeling of relief is gone as soon as the pressure lets up.
Thank you! Guess what - Your SI joint exercises are helping me greatly, after only 4-5 days. It was sore (I guess from the exercises) the first couple of days, when I wrote my comment. :)
Nakidz I get relief from pressure too.
Very effective relief putting pressure on the sacrum. I get my lil sis she's 90 lbs to stand barefoot on my pelvis while on my belly when it feels like a migraine in the pelvis and it goes away instantly. Also, when I have no help I put a firm foam roller under the si joint while laying on my back using my own body weight to relieve the pressure and raise my legs to get up and down to adjust the pressure/relief.
IKR! that's whaty I feel like I need, someone to just stand on both sides while I'm on my belly.
I totally get the cat thing. My cat is great for helping reduce lower back pain and relieving trapped gas when he paws my stomach 😂😂😂😂
What can help avoid this kind of injury?
I would like to purchase the message gun you demonstrated to help with sacroiliac muscle. I know you said it was expensive but I believe the price came down and sometimes you give out coupons. I would love to try it seeing that I have been going to a chiropractor for over a month and have not seen much improvement hardly at all. Thank you for getting this info to me. Your demonstration sounds like what I have .
Please teach the VA about this. But first advise them what a S-I joint is first. They diagnosed it in 2013, but yet to receive any treatment. Thanks.
Inhave been having off and on for years pain ingroin area when sit. Had MRA left hip joint dye injection showed nothing. Have severe pain in left groin area and bottom of button where hamstring meets gluteus. Also tailbone pain but only with pressure. My adductor and outside hamstrings are tight when touched. Please help me. Been on pain meds and making me sick. My orthopedic surgeon has me signed up for PT for the hamstrings . Did tests for SI and all negative. Also have tingling down leg into foot that is annoying but not painful. Seems like ingest relief when I don't do anything. Possible tendon ligaments micro tears. Pain is like severe burning and weakness in left leg. hELP
I find crossing my legs as in exercise 1 actually relieves my SI pain. Mine started (and this is dumb) by unknowingly sleeping one night with my leg hanging out of the bed and on the floor - we had got a new duvet that was too warm for me. Woke up in the morning in terrific pain and its been around ever since.
What can we do to relieve it? More hip thrusts and hip opening stretches...? or just the opposite and avoid any exercise that involves that area?
I believe I aggravated my SI today while trying to open a large plastic jar that had the cap stuck. I had to really turn it in both directions with a lot of strength and when finished, I was in pain. Hurts to sit and walk, and when I press on my sacrum, I can feel the pain. Haven’t been to a chiropractor but gonna have to asap.
I have all these symptoms ever since I was a little girl. 10 years ago they finally diagnosed me with mild scoliosis but I don't feel like my spine is crooked it's all on my lower back it grinds and it hurts and I can't stand on my feet more than 10 minutes I'll start hurting my legs my thighs it's one little spot in my lower back and it hurts so bad I want to scream sometimes it comes and goes anyway will you please tell me why the doctor diagnosed me with mild scoliosis bcuz I have all the exact same symptoms that you're telling me
Been having this problem for over a year now taking nerve pills
Me too just got diagnosed today and waiting on my injections to start. I hope you're getting help.
antonia maldonado thanks! Hope all is well with you ☺️
Hi Gentlemen. Excellent presentation there. I want to share my problem. Maybe you can give me some advice.
had an injury 3 years ago in the gym. I was doing the fixed bar lift with heavy plates. I think the place where i feel the pain is called the SI area. Its the lowest part of the backbone. An inch down in the hips area. I occasionally have neck and headaches and im sure its because of that injury in the gym. Whenever i sit on hard surfaces i get this pain. I feel there's an inflammation. It goes away if i get a massage or take some painkiller. But its recurring.i feel pain in the SI area as well and have headache at same time. Its really annoying. Would it be possible to give me some advice.
Hi, i really like your vids. I struggle with shin splints from alot of training, and i dont have time to stay off the training, do you have excercises to better or stablelize my condition?
Hello can you have a bilateral flare up of SI joints? Both mine are hurting soo bad
I think my spine surgeon has missed the possibility I may have S,I, joint issues following a motorcycle accident that left me with tranverse fractures in my sacrum. Pain is worse on the right side where my buttock hit the car/ground[I was knocked out]and travels the outside of the thigh into the knee. Sitting and walking make the pain worse. It even wakes me from sleep if I lie on my right side for any length of time. Thanks Guys.
It has been two months and the pain was low level, and not everyday.
I could walk with zero pain.
Stretching would help tremendously.
Yesterday I was fine, I was helping a neighbor, something pulled right where the SI joint is. It’s not sciatica or the hip joint. I’ve had sciatica and I can walk with no pain.
now I’m in bed with extra severe pain.
It went from not so bad to the worse pain it could cause. Sitting, standing, cause level 8 pain but shoots to 10. This is absolutely horrible.
Laying down the pain is the same, and shoots to ten with the slightest movement.
Question: will this get better or does require intervention of some kind ?
I have constant severe pain in this area and have for 15 years. I’ve given birth to three babies, all close to 10 lbs each. Last one was eight years ago. Went to a rheumatologist last month thinking I had ankylosing spondylitis. She took an x-ray of my SI joints and saw nothing but osteitis condensans. What do you know about that and do you think an x-ray is not enough to diagnose SI problems?
My doctor done mri days I have this my pain is worse at night after weight is off and I cannot bend my legs up when laying on tummy with them cramping the pain is awful are the cramps from this pls ty
X-ray guided shot of Marcaine in the SIJ if the pain stops you hit a bulls eye.
Please I need help I have been in so much pain from movement in my right side lower back it's been a year and I'm not sure what to do I've been to a physical therapist, chiropractic care, and the doctors office all told me different things, and I'm not sure what to do! Who should I go see what should I go do, I'm just sick of being in this constant pain
Did u get it sorted cos it sounds similar to me
I’m curious if episacral lipomas (a bilateral herniation of fat (and attached nerves) through the fascia above the iliac ridge) ever get misdiagnosed as SI joint pain. Is there a test to differentiate between the two?
How possible do you think it is to get mostly radiculopathic pain throughout the leg but not as much in the back when it comes to the SI joint vs lumbar discs? Have been treated and evaluated extensively for lumbar degeneration without making a dent in the sciatic pain, revisiting the possibility of SI joint dysfunction. Just interested in your opinion on this.
This is my worst hurt..very hard to move.im heavy. My pain on the right..sacrum is where my problem.when I sit ,I have no support to hold me up.i go curplunk
I have a painfull feel in upper inner thigh ,if you know i have SI pain in the same side , do you think the pain reason is SI ???
can you tell if si pain is anterior or posterior as exercises specific to one or other is best to get rid of pain
I had all these test and 'finger' test positive but the esi made no difference. Dr said corner lok si fusion may help. Anyone ever have it done? Did it work?
Can your sacrum and this issue cause your pelvis to rotate or shift?..also can your sacrum go out of alignment?..and can any of these issues cause your legs to be positioned awkwardly?
I get sharp pain in my left buttock just below the left dimple (PSIS I think) after prolonged sitting. The pain is made worse with left hip extension and and external rotation and eventually goes away after I feel and hear a click. Could that possible be coming from the left SI joint? Thanks
physicaltherapyvideo Thank you.
I know this was like two years ago, but did you ever get any more information
Same, what happened, are you better?
Awesome confirmation of my pain
I get pain with all three tests and my chiropractor today thought that it was SI. However mine goes all the way down to my ankle
Can the pain of piriformis come from a problem of SI?
Yes