Category Archives: Muscle Imbalace

Why tight muscles are NOT the root cause of SIJD

There’s something I want to tell you all, after hearing SO many stories from my coaching clients: 👉TIGHT MUSCLES ARE NEVER THE ROOT CAUSE OF SI JOINT DYSFUNCTION This is something my coaching clients have been told over and have again. You’ve had physical therapists, yoga instructors, you name it, all try to blame yourContinueContinue reading “Why tight muscles are NOT the root cause of SIJD”

Having enough muscle strength can change everything

Hey everyone, Every so often, I’ll get a few different people asking me the same question, in a short period of time.   Whenever that happens, and a lot of my readers seem to all be experiencing the same issue, I figure it’s time to get something up on the blog!  In the past weekContinueContinue reading “Having enough muscle strength can change everything”

Do’s and Don’ts for the Muscle Energy Technique

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 figureContinueContinue reading “Do’s and Don’ts for the Muscle Energy Technique”

How that scary snapping feeling in the front of your pelvis can actually come from tight muscles

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,ContinueContinue reading “How that scary snapping feeling in the front of your pelvis can actually come from tight muscles”

How I healed from chondromalacia patellae

Hi everyone! Something that comes up pretty often when people reach out to me is a knee condition called chondromalacia patellae (also sometimes called patellofemoral pain syndrome). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmUMx-Adxw8 As you may know, I was struggling with chondromalacia patellae in both knees when I first developed SI joint dysfunction. It seems to me that the two canContinueContinue reading “How I healed from chondromalacia patellae”