Tag: chronic pain

exercise, Physical Therapy, Resources

When you’re in it for the long haul: Isometric Exercises

Hi everyone! How are you all doing? Interesting times we’re living in, to say the least. I haven’t been on my blogs as much recently, because I’ve been pretty busy volunteering for the Covid-19 effort. I’ve been lucky to find ways to help from home (most recently, making phone calls and doing outreach for GetUsPPE— a really great organization!). However, today I wanted to check … Continue reading When you’re in it for the long haul: Isometric Exercises

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Resources

Why a PT should always be clear about what they’re adjusting, and why

Hey everyone! Here’s a subject that’s been coming up pretty frequently during my coaching calls recently– There are a lot of you out there who’ve been to multiple PT’s (and chiropractors, which I don’t totally recommend). And they’ve tried different types of manual adjustments and mobilizations to the SI joints… and you’re not totally sure what they did, or if it really helped. A PT … Continue reading Why a PT should always be clear about what they’re adjusting, and why

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Resources

Can pelvic floor physical therapy help the SI joint?

Hi everyone! Here’s a question that’s been coming up pretty frequently, so I wanted to take some time to answer it for all of you. People want to know if pelvic floor physical therapy can help them, and my answer is, of course, yes! Let me go on to explain some key points. First… what is the pelvic floor? The term pelvic floor refers to … Continue reading Can pelvic floor physical therapy help the SI joint?

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Resources

Do I recommend DNRS for SI joint dysfunction?

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?

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Resources

The SI joint and…the brain?!

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?!

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Muscle Energy Technique, Resources

How often should you use the Muscle Energy Technique?

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?

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Chiropractors, ligaments, Muscle Energy Technique, My Story, Resources

Why I switched from chiropractor visits to the Muscle Energy Technique (and finally got better!).

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!).

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For Patients, Prolotherapy, Resources

Julie’s success with prolotherapy :)

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 🙂

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ligaments, My Story, My Writing, Prolotherapy, Reader Emails

Can you heal the SI joints without prolotherapy?

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?

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For Patients, Lumbar Spine, Resources, Surgery

Lumbar fusion and SI joint dysfunction

  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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