Physical Therapy Clinic Spokane Blog
Sacro-Iliac Joint (SIJ) Pain – 3 Steps to Pain Relief
Sacro-iliac joint (SIJ) pain is the third most common cause of lower back pain and sciatica that we see in the clinic (behind bulging discs and degenerative changes).
In today’s video, I’ll tell you our 3-step approach to helping people eliminate this type of pain.
The 3 steps include:
– Align the Pelvis
– Improve Strength
– Eliminate Bad Habits
This approach is very effective for treating SIJ pain, which is often overlooked by doctors and therapists.
So if you think you have SIJ pain, and you’re to learn how to get rid of it for good, I think you’ll like this video!
Top 3 Exercises for Degenerative Back Pain & Sciatica (Stenosis, DJD and DDD)
Degenerative changes in your back are one of the 2 most common causes of back pain and sciatica, especially in older adults.
This includes things like degenerative disc disease (DDD), degenerative joint disease (DJD) and other terms like “stenosis” that you might read on an x-ray or MRI report.
Top 3 Exercises for Sacro-Iliac Joint (SIJ) Pain (plus video)
This is the 3rd blog/video in this series about SIJ pain.
The first 2 videos included the self-test for SIJ pain (under the “Top 3 Causes of Back Pain & Sciatica” blog), and the 3-step treatment approach to SIJ Pain.
Taping: Is it Helpful, or Will You Become Dependent on It?
If you ask 10 physical therapists or chiropractors about taping, you’ll probably get 10 different opinions about it…
Some would tell you that taping is great, others might say it’s okay in certain situations, and a few might even tell you they don’t like it…
So which is it?
Is taping actually helping you with your recovery, or is it just a “crutch”?
As you can probably guess, I certainly have my own opinion on the topic (hence the blog post and video!).
And as you can imagine, I tend to think my opinions are correct (it’s human nature, right?!).
Here’s my opinion in a nutshell:
Repetitive Injuries: How to “Tip the Scales” in Your Favor (and make a full recovery!)
Repetitive injuries can be some of the most tricky types of pain to deal with.
This includes things like: tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis), golfer’s elbow (medial epicondylitis), rotator cuff injuries, ITB irritation and Achilles tendon issues.
Typically, these injuries happen slowly over time, as the amount of irritation and damage slowly outweighs the amount of overall healing.
You can think of these 2 opposing forces as 2 sides of the scale: irritation and damage vs. healing.
At some point, people with these injuries reach a certain threshold, and the pain becomes much more severe and/or frequent. This is when they typically start to seek treatment.
In today’s video, I’ll explain in detail how we help our patients “tip the scales” back in the other direction, and I’ll also tell you about the common mistakes our patients make when looking to fully eliminate the pain and damage.
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