✨ My morning adventure ✨ If I’m going to be honest, there is only one thing I truly regret about my SI joint saga. And that is all the times I doubted myself, and held back from trying the next thing. A lot of you express similar hesitations to me: should I try this nextContinue reading “If I could go back and change one thing…”
Author Archives: Christy Collins
Know Your Rights
Hey everyone, In the past few months, I’ve been helping a friend out with a project involving disability rights. (I’ve always been interested in the law, so this has been a cool project for me!). I’ve learned so much in the past few months that I wanted to share with all of you. I knowContinue reading “Know Your Rights”
You can find a new way
Hey everyone, One of the “good” things about making it through a New England winter is that you come to see a sunny, 40 degree day in March as a blessing! This is kind of how I see the experience of navigating SI joint dysfunction. When you deal with this injury, you learn to seeContinue reading “You can find a new way”
How to calm your nervous system
Hey everyone, Here’s a topic people ask me about pretty frequently these days, so I thought I’d get the word out! So many of you are going to your doctor, asking for help with SI joint issues, only to be told the problem is in your nervous system. That you have an increased sensitivity toContinue reading “How to calm your nervous system”
Why SI belts help some people, and not others.
Hey everyone! I know many of you are curious to learn about SI belts. They can be a powerful tool in recovery, and are really helpful for a lot of people. In my post Let’s talk about SI belts, I share some tips and tricks about the belts, as well as answer some frequently askedContinue reading “Why SI belts help some people, and not others.”
Your body is here to protect you.
Hey everyone, You ever have those moments where are you come across an old college paper, journal entry, or even an old social media post that really shows you how much your thinking has changed? Today I went to re-share one of my older blog posts. It’s about how sometimes, you can have a weirdContinue reading “Your body is here to protect you.”
✨Your muscles are magic ✨
Hey everyone! Happy 2022! Today I just want to let you in on a really key concept I wish someone had told me sooner: Ultimately, once you get through all this and learn to correct your alignment, your muscles are going to be what take over and stabilize you. In the beginning, the reality isContinue reading “✨Your muscles are magic ✨”
What my SI joint saga has taught me
Hey everyone, you may have noticed I haven’t been posting on here as much recently. A lot of life stuff has come up for me recently that I’ve had to deal with… And I realized, my SI joint saga has taught me so much. For so long, I felt something no one else could feel,Continue reading “What my SI joint saga has taught me”
Why the core is your home base
Hey everyone, You may notice that I mention core strengthening in a lot of my posts. And I’m willing to bet that anyone out there who’s struggled with back pain has heard the term “core” a million times. But what are we really talking about here? There are a lot of different schools of thoughtContinue reading “Why the core is your home base”
The most powerful core exercises are gentle
Hey everyone, Here’s a topic that comes up sooo often in my coaching sessions— I wanted to be sure to address it on the blog! Today I wanted to talk to you about core strengthening. What a lot of people don’t know is that there’s a huge mind-body component to core strengthening (at least, whenContinue reading “The most powerful core exercises are gentle”
SI Joint Recovery Blueprint 