Hi Johnathan and everyone else, I'm a new member as I have literally just stumbled on this site while trying to find some answers for my own problems, and an imminent appointment with a physiotherapist (due in Jan).

I have a cariety of problems, but unstable Wikipedia reference-linkSIJ is amnogst them, I have no stability at all, so can completely sympathise with you Johanthan. It's a miserable life with no SIJ stability, severly affecting mobility and causing a great deal of pain that seems to move from place to place, legs and lower joints, and back and shoulders.

The way I describe it is to imagine your arm extended, and the elbow being the anchor/pivot for the upper and lower arm, now imagine the elbow joint is instead of being fixed and stable allowing the arm to bend from a fixed position, is actually loose and moves up and down a couple of inches, meaning that the biceps/triceps and muscles of the forearms have no fixed point on which to gain traction....

Now imagine that same scenario but in the lumbar/pelvic region, where instead of having a fixed point for the leg muscles, and back muscles to use as a centre, instead everything is loose and moves up and down.... the legs (hips/knees/ankles) and back (L5-S1/T12-L1/C7-L1) joints/junctions and associated musculature, have no fixed point on which to have any traction... so everything is constantly shuffling about trying to work without the central pivot point....

This is how it feels to me at least.... maybe you can relate to that or not, we're all different after all..

My own problems seem to stem from a number of sinal problems which in turn affect my lumbo-pelvic stability (incl. SI Joints)...

I too am hoping that I can get some help or advice here, as to what I can expect from phsyiotherapy... any benefits or what sort of examinations/treatment I can expect...

I have Wikipedia reference-linkMRI results after a fractured spine, which include, marked degneration of the spine, congenital failure of segmentation of the lumbo-sacral junction(L5-S1), posterior hemi-vertebra at T12, with fusion reduction of a burst unstable T12 (I believe the fusion spans T10-L2), a limbus vertebra at L3, schmorls nodes throughout, dystophic Wikipedia reference-linkfacet joints at T12-L1 and L5-S1 levels, increased thoracic kyphosis, and recently also coccygodynia as well..

Those are the clinical findings, to use a less clinical description, to me it feels as though my spine is like a bow ( as in bow and arrows) and that it's curved just like a bow, almost as if all the muscles in the front are too tight and are pulling both ends of the bow together, and that it's almost impossible to straighten the bow... where the bow is the spine, but on top of this, its as if I can't get any traction/grip with my legs and feet... my lower legs and ankles swell up on a daily basis, that resembles a sprained ankle but both feet at the same time.

Any help or advice that can be offered here, or any insight into what I can expect from physiotherapy would be greatly appreciated...!!

Johnathan I hope that you too get some help and find a way to manage with the pain and disability that you find yourself in, you're not alone, I'm sure that there are many others who have similar or worst, though it offers little solace, the number of times I've heard family members say "there are people much worst off than you"... I always say that I'm well aware of that, but that it doesn't make my problems any the easier for me, it doesn't ease my pain to know that somewhere someone else has more/worst pain, I can imagine only too well your frustration... and wish you all the very best, if you can find someone who will listen to you without trying to say things to make you feel better, I find that to be the most helpful someone who will just listen to you from time to time, to let you get things off your chest, without feeling the constant need to try to comfort you or feel bad for you etc....

Good Luck with everything....