Resources

Specifically for Patients:

• Verywell Health: Sacroiliac Joint Pain and Dysfunction (does a great job of explaining alignment, and why it’s important to correct it precisely!).
• Joint Ventures Physical Therapy: What is the SI Joint?  and Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction.
• PhysioWorks/John Miller: Sacroiliac Joint Pain.
• Dr. David Polly Jr for Spine Universe: Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction Causes
• Bodyzone Posture Professionals: Sacroiliac Pain and Nerve Pain
• Coordinated Health: Low Back Pain Part 1: How does the SI joint relate to other causes of low back pain
• Coordinated Health: Low Back Pain Part 4: A physiatrist explains SI joint dysfunction
• Body Harmony PT: Hip Injuries can lead to Pelvic Floor Dysfunction

Professional Guides

• Back in Business Physiotherapy/Martin Krause (Sydney, Aus): Back, pelvic girdle, and hip pain.
• Dr. Barbara Hungerford and Advanced Manual Therapy Associates — a ton of really great information.
• Sacroiliac Joint Force and Form Closure (PhysioPedia)– great outline of the various factors, passive and active, which contribute to SIJ stability.
• Dutton’s Orthopedic Examination, Evaluation, and Intervention (Textbook with Chapter on Sacroiliac Joint)
• Vaughn, D. (2008).  Isolated Knee Pain: A Case Report Highlighting Regional Interdependence.  Journal of Orthopedic & Sports Physical Therapy, 38(10), pp. 616-623.
• Evidence-Based Examination and Treatment of the Pelvis (fascinating continuing education course for physical therapists, taught by Dr. Alexis Wright for Medbridge)
• Physical Therapist’s Guide to Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction, from the American Physical Therapy Association.
• SI Joint Upslip, North American Institute of Orthopedic Manual Therapy

Scientific Articles

• The sacroiliac joint: review of anatomy, mechanics, and function
• The relationship of the sacroiliac joint, stabilization musculature, and lumbo-pelvic instability  (also check out this great slideshow for a visual aide).
• Transfer of lumbosacral load to iliac bones and legs Part 1: Biomechanics of self-bracing of the sacroiliac joints and its significance for treatment and exercise.
• The sacroiliac joint in chronic low back pain.
• The sacroiliac joint: anatomy, physiology, and clinical significance.
• Case study: Chronic sacroiliac joint and pelvic girdle dysfunction in a 35-year-old nulliparous woman successfully managed with multimodal and multidisciplinary approach
• Inciting events initiating injection-proven sacroiliac joint syndrome.
• Recognizing specific characteristics of non-specific low back pain.
• The relation between the transversus abdominis muscles, sacroiliac joint mechanics, and low back pain.
• Malalignment Syndrome in Runners 

Surgery

• Amazingly Informative Interview with Carter Beck (provides great context on why the medical field has taken so long to address SI joint dysfunction).
• It was supposed to be a blue ocean! Why sacroiliac joint surgery is still a puddle of dreams. Super informative article by spine surgeon Dr. Bruce Dall, on why SI joint surgery is not more advanced

Women’s Health

• Powerful female hormones, injuries & back pain
• Pelvic Girdle Pain (BabyCentre.co.uk)
• Pelvic Pain During Pregnancy (What To Expect When You’re Expecting)

Pelvic Floor

• Frequently asked questions about pelvic floor disorders — the University of Chicago Medical Center provides a comprehensive overview.
• Cait’s Day— Blog post from a patient with a hypertonic pelvic floor (she experiences too much muscle tightness)
• Zosia Mamet struggled for six years to have her pelvic floor dysfunction taken seriously
• Courageous and informative blog post from Alexandra Ellen  on the “Hidden Realities of Pelvic Pain”

Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy

• Beyond Basics Physical Therapy has some AMAZING resources.  Seriously, the entire site.
• Taylored Training and Fitness:
  • 5 Things I’ve Learned as a Pelvic Health Physiotherapist.
  • 5 Bathroom Mistakes that can lead to pelvic floor dysfunction
  • The issue that many women are dealing with in silence

Prolotherapy

• The New York Times: Injections to Kick Start Healing
• The Boston Globe: Targeting sports related injuries with new treatments
• Informative blog: Recover Your Stride by Jim Hansen

Muscle Energy Technique

• Clarifying the Muscle Energy Technique— a response I wrote to some questions from a reader.
• Muscle Energy Technique for Pelvic Rotations — an explanation of the technique that I use, written by a physical therapist in scientific terms.
• History of the Muscle Energy Technique— from Leon Chaitow ND, DO
• Short-Term Effect of Muscle Energy Technique on Pain in Individuals with Non-Specific Lumbopelvic Pain: A Pilot Study.  Peer-reviewed study from the Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy that demonstrated a benefit to MET for lumbopelvic pain.
• Dr. Pooja Joshi: MET in SI Joint Dysfunction: Outlines MET for all different types of SI misalignments, with illustrations.

Hypermobility

• A doctor struggled with a rare, incurable syndrome. Now she helps others overcome it. Washington Post article on EDS expert Dr. Alissa Zingman.