Hi everyone! Hope you’re all enjoying the holidays. I’ve been getting some really great questions from readers recently that I think are worth sharing with you all. *** I recently heard from G., who was wondering it was okay to perform aquatic exercise when her SI joints and sacrum were out of alignment. (She goesContinueContinue reading “Reader question: Is it okay to work out in a pool if your SI joints are out of alignment?”
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Why sitting can be painful with SI joint dysfunction
Hello everyone! I hear from a lot of people who say that sitting is one of their worst problems, wanting to know if this was a significant issue for me as well. My answer here is two–fold. First, I’ll answer you based on my own experience, and then address why it might be so painfulContinueContinue reading “Why sitting can be painful with SI joint dysfunction”
Why Julie decided to pursue prolotherapy
Hi everyone! I am totally grateful to longtime reader Julie, who emailed me yesterday about her own experience consulting a doctor for prolotherapy. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the concept, prolotherapy is a relatively new form of treatment in which a special solution consisting mainly of sugar is injected into the ligamentsContinueContinue reading “Why Julie decided to pursue prolotherapy”
My first Youtube video: Where is the sacroiliac joint?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA3puJHjJ1U Hi everyone! Happy Monday. You may know that I’ve been meaning to make Youtube videos for a while now. When it comes to certain concepts regarding the SI joint, I’ve come to feel that long, wordy posts aren’t always the best way to convey information. However, it’s taken me a while to actually collectContinueContinue reading “My first Youtube video: Where is the sacroiliac joint?”
Why do “perfectly good” exercises sometimes not help?
I haven’t written a ton on my multiple physical therapy failures yet, because unfortunately there are so many. For now, let me just say that my physical therapist Paula, who finally helped me, was actually the fifth physical therapist I saw over the course of this journey. The first four offered varying degrees of helpfulness vs. unhelpfulness, but ultimatelyContinueContinue reading “Why do “perfectly good” exercises sometimes not help?”
The #1 most important stretch that I do: single leg knee-to-chest
Hi everyone! I’ve mentioned this stretch previously (have you seen my post on Stretching and Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction?). However I believe this stretch so important, I decided to give it its own post. I started doing this stretch regularly about six months into my battle, and although the saga obviously did continue for quite aContinueContinue reading “The #1 most important stretch that I do: single leg knee-to-chest”
Stretches for the hamstrings, and how to protect the SI joints while stretching
Hey everyone! I’ve been getting a ton of requests for info on the stretches that helped me recover from SI joint dysfunction. In this post, I thought I’d focus specifically on the hamstrings. The hamstrings are a pretty major muscle group in the body– they run up and down the back of your thigh, connectingContinueContinue reading “Stretches for the hamstrings, and how to protect the SI joints while stretching”
Physiatrists: A great type of specialist to see for SI joint dysfunction
The word physiatrist is always a little awkward. When I say the word in real life, people usually have no idea what I’m talking about, or think I’m talking about a psychiatrist at first. But a physiatrist is different. They are doctors (usually an MD, but also can be a DO– doctor of osteopathy. For our purposesContinueContinue reading “Physiatrists: A great type of specialist to see for SI joint dysfunction”
How exactly does the Muscle Energy Technique work?
Hello, everyone. I’ve noticed that my page on the Muscle Energy Technique is one of my pages that gets the most traffic from search engines. It seems like a topic people are really searching for answers on, so I figured I’d try to explain some more of the specifics. I use the Muscle EnergyContinueContinue reading “How exactly does the Muscle Energy Technique work?”
Start building core strength with exercises that are gentle on the SI joints and lower back
I received a really interesting comment on Sunlight in Winter the other day. It was from Maritza, who suffers from both SI joint dysfunction and lumbar spine issues (the term “lumbar spine” refers to the part of the spine that’s in your lower back). Maritza wrote: Her comment inspired me to share some information withContinueContinue reading “Start building core strength with exercises that are gentle on the SI joints and lower back”
My Sacroiliac Joint Saga 