Hi everyone! Someone asked recently, over in our SI Joint Discussion Forum, how often to start out doing pool exercise. I answered her about the pool, but the same concept is true for any form of exercise, when you’re coming back from a long-term injury. Start small. Start wherever you are. When I first started pool exercise, it was after a few months of doing … Continue reading When it comes to exercise, start where you are.
Okay, so. I’m not going to start this post out with my normal “Hi, everyone!” because I’m not feeling cheerful right now. I’m annoyed. I just went on Twitter and saw, for what feels like the hundredth time, someone claiming that SI joint dysfunction isn’t a real thing. Originally, I wanted to screenshot the tweet and share it here, but really, I’m not into alienating … Continue reading When people claim SI joint dysfunction isn’t real
Hi everyone! Okay, so here’s a topic that comes up pretty often for people dealing with SIJD… and it’s also one that’s affected me personally. Many of you have asked me about strange popping sensations and/or pain in the front of your pelvis. Sometimes over the hip socket, and sometimes right by the pubic symphysis, which is the major joint in the very front of … Continue reading How that scary snapping feeling in the front of your pelvis can actually come from tight muscles
Hi everyone– In this post, I want to talk about a very easy and gentle way to start strengthening the gluteus maximus. Most of us are familiar with this muscle– it’s the largest muscle that makes up our butt cheeks! (Just calling it what it is!). This muscle is really important to stabilizing the SI joints, because it’s right there, and it’s responsible for many of the … Continue reading A great exercise to try: Isometric Glute Squeezes
Hi everyone! Here’s a concept that’s been coming up pretty often lately, so I wanted to make sure I got it up on the blog. What I’m talking about is the various types of adjustments a physical therapist can perform for the SI joint. So what I want to say to you is this: When an adjustment is really working, you should feel a difference … Continue reading How to tell when an SI joint adjustment is working.
Hi everyone! So, here is Part 2 to the post I published yesterday. It’s about how, all this time, I thought only a chiropractor would be able to help me with rotation of the lumbar vertebrae… but it turns out, I was wrong. Well, as it turns out… there are other medical professionals who can treat it. It just goes by a different name. What I am … Continue reading Lumbar Spine Epiphany, Part 2
Hi everyone! This has been like, a month of epiphanies for me. As you may have seen on Sunlight in Winter, I’ve realized recently that I probably do have fibromyalgia, after all these years of going without a diagnosis. And now, on the subject of the lumbar spine, I’ve had another epiphany, thanks to a reader who sent me an article she’d found helpful. It actually … Continue reading Lumbar Spine Epiphany, Part 1
Hi everyone! So… this is really cool. You know how I’ve been saying for a while that I think the chiropractic profession has something to offer, but I wish they were more closely aligned with mainstream medicine? Well… here is a great example of exactly that. (This is another post that’s for me and for you, as I like to take notes on things for my future … Continue reading Integrative Spinal Research (a collaboration between chiropractors and mainstream medicine!).
Hi everyone! I’ve just discovered the most moving and informative story of one woman’s four-year quest to resolve debilitating pelvic pain. It’s from Megan McGorry, and her blog is Mermaid’s Reel. There are SO many reasons why I wanted to share this with you. Really, her post speaks for herself. But for the purposes of learning about the SI joint, I wanted to draw your … Continue reading Megan’s Story: “Not Interstitial Cystitis, PNE, Pelvic Floor Dysfunction, or Vulvodynia, but an Orthopedic Hip Injury?”
A reader asked me recently whether I’d ever tried the Feldenkrais method for my SI joints. I actually have tried it– sort of– and I thought I’d share my thoughts with you. It’s actually pretty good timing, since now I’m in the middle of doing my own research on alternatives to chiropractic adjustments! So… this write-up is for me and for you. 🙂 How I … Continue reading The Feldenkrais method and SI joint pain
My Sacroiliac Joint Saga 