New research: No such thing as "stuck" SI joint

[alophysio]

Dear Neuromuscular,

Apologies about the tag - going between email and this got me into trouble...

1. The SIJ moves - we know this and there are tests that are there in the research and some research to prove reliability and some research that does not support reliability - you said yourself you haven't read the research - go and read at the least the abstracts - pubmed.com

2. The pelvis moves relative to the L5 and relative to each hip joint.

If you can acknowledge these points and that your test deals with both of these types of movement (internal and external) then fine.

If you cannot agree on these two points and your test, then i believe it is you that protests too much.

Good luck neuromuscular...my patience is wearing thinner...

[neuromuscular]

Dear Alophysio:

I did not say that I have never read the research. I said that I have not read as much as you.

The point of interst is that the standing SIJ test with hip flexion or torso flexion is at odds with the same landmarks of PSIS to sacrum with hip ABD. That is the point of interest. In the standing SIJ test with hip flexion or torso flexion a positive beomes a negative in the standing SIJ test using PSIS to sacrum with hip ABD. How would you prove which one is the true "positive" of "negative"???

I find load transfer tests or weight transfer tests as too orchestrated to be unbiased. Which one would you prefer to be used? Why that test? What would it prove?

Further, I find that the anterior rotation indicated in the standing APAS test is from a contralateral side and unlike the common viewpoint that the anterior rotation of the innominate bone is from an ipsilateral cause.

That is of major impact on therapy.

Best regards,

Neuromuscular.