Hi everyone, One of the topics people ask me about most is the Muscle Energy Technique. Here are some things that come up *very* often. DON’T simply try things out because you found a video up on Youtube where someone shows one form of the Muscle Energy Technique. For the life of me, I cannot figure out why people put these videos up. When you have … Continue reading Do’s and Don’ts for the Muscle Energy Technique
Hi everyone! A reader recently wrote in to me with the most interesting question. She’s been struggling with SI joint issues for years, and has already tried approaches such as osteopath, chiropractor, and PT, and is still struggling. This reader is (rightly so) very interested in exploring neuroplasticity-based approaches to the SI joint, as I discussed in my last post. So, after seeing my post … Continue reading Do I recommend DNRS for SI joint dysfunction?
Hi everyone! I’ve noticed that a certain theme has been coming up a lot lately among some of my readers lately. And that topic is how the brain can affect the SI joint– by how it regulates things like our muscles, posture, and breathing.. This is a subject I never really thought about before, but all of a sudden I’m hearing from people who’ve had … Continue reading The SI joint and…the brain?!
Hi everyone! Many of you reach out to ask me how I’m doing now, and what I’m able to do for exercise these days. So I thought I’d give you a little peek into one of the best workouts I’ve had for a long time. This was me yesterday, wearing a tank top in 30 degree weather, in December: This is because I got so … Continue reading What my life is like now: an awesome workout
Hi everyone! Here’s a question I’ve seen come up pretty often, both in our SI Joint Discussion group, as well as in my emails from readers. So I thought I’d take a moment to write up an official post to answer this question. How often should you do the Muscle Energy Technique? There are a few ways to answer to this. The first answer is … Continue reading How often should you use the Muscle Energy Technique?
Hello hello everyone! In this post I wanted to clarify another concept readers often ask me about. If you’ve read through my story, you probably know that a big turning point in my healing came in the summer of 2016. I had been struggling with SI joint dysfunction for five years at that point, and it was seriously starting to look like I wasn’t going to get any … Continue reading Why I switched from chiropractor visits to the Muscle Energy Technique (and finally got better!).
Hi everyone! As you may know, one of the treatments people often consider for SI joint dysfunction is prolotherapy. Prolotherapy is a relatively new, and still somewhat experimental, treatment to try to help ligaments heal. It can be used on any injured joint, not just the SI joints. Basically, a physician injects a solution that temporarily “irritates” the ligament, which then provokes the body’s healing … Continue reading Julie’s success with prolotherapy 🙂
Hi everyone! This post was inspired by a conversation I had with a reader in our SI Joint Saga Discussion group. This reader asked for my thoughts on her new exercise plan from a physical therapist. She had SI joint issues as well as sciatica, which sent pain down into her hamstrings (the muscles in the back of the thigh). She had been told by … Continue reading When should you take painkillers and push through pain?
Hi everyone! I had a really interesting question from a reader recently, and I wanted to pass along my answer to you. A. wanted to know if I’d ever tried prolotherapy, or any other forms of regenerative medicine. He wrote, “I have found that if the problem is ligament laxity, then swimming (I have started this month after your suggestion) could maybe relieve some pain, … Continue reading Can you heal the SI joints without prolotherapy?
Hi everyone! So… scientific studies regarding SI joint dysfunction have really been on my mind recently. I’ve seen too many people on social media (and also met one doctor in person) making generalized statements about how SI joint dysfunction isn’t a real thing. That the SI joint doesn’t move (at all). That it’s virtually impossible to injure it. Conveniently, none of these people ever … Continue reading Lumbar fusion and SI joint dysfunction
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