So within a few visits of this new dr., I was diagnosed as a clear cut case of SI-Joint dysfunction.  Exactly the conclusion I had come to on my own, simply out of desparation and frustration and massive research.  Google SI-Joint Dysfunction and read about the symptoms.  They are pretty easy to diagnose, the problem is this is an often little known condition so trying to find a KNOWLEDGABLE doctor is the problem.

The treatment for this is difficult.  I started doing specific PT for it but once a ligament is strained it is hard to heal itself.  If you think about it, the sacrum is held in place by massive ligaments.  If you strain one of these, such as I had did, then your sacrum may be hypermobile (move too much).  The consequence is your pelvis cannot support your spine, body, etc.  This causes all of the muscles in the surrounding hip and thigh to take over the work.  This is what referral pain is.  That in a nutshell was my condition.  Can’t put any weight on one side, walking crooked, pain radiating from lower back and down the thigh.

So PT wasn’t working..what now.  The dr suggested Prolotherapy.  This is little known and highly controversial but is the only treatment that HEALS a strained ligament.  You see, when a ligament is strained it is much like a garbage bag.  Pull a bag and it does not reflex back into shape like a rubberband, it stays stretched.  Add to that, ligaments have very low blood supply, hence very little ability to heal themselves.  Prolotherapy is simply injecting an irritant (usually dextrose and various oils) to irritate the ligament, and kick in the natural healing process.  Read more about this at http://www.prolotherapy.com as i’m not going to repeat everything here.

I had roughly 5 treatments over the period of 2mos and when I tell you I was virtually pain free for the moment, I was virtually PAIN-FREE!   Now, it is not nearly that simple… go get prolo and you’re healed.  Everyone is different.  I had a lot of other factors to take care of and it has been a long road of learning what my specific case has required.

I will continue to discuss so much more… such as various relapses, pain, all of the complex muscles involved and how they seriously impact your pelvic stability.  To this day I am still figuring this all out but I have come so far. 

In a nutshell, I need to keep my psoas & hamstrings very flexible so they don’t pull on my hips.  But there is so much more to talk about..as in how to get through an intense episode of misalignment and back pain, the products that can help you do so, and stretching routines to help survive it. 

This blog has only just begun.   I’ll discuss the mental and physical on how to beat this pain if this is what you’re suffering from.  There is hope!

Stay tuned… my next post will be about a prolo injection session.