What's your opinion on prolotherapy?

[violablue]

I'd like to know how your SIJ was assessed. Certain issues gain excess (fad) focus sometimes, and I wonder did you have the five battery test to actually prove you have SIJ. For this to be so, you must have 3/5 +ve's. Or was one test completed and this became your diagnosis. There are many back and hip problems that can also the cause of SIJ-type symptoms, so I'm not yet sold on you as and SIJ issue. The battery includes: Distraction, compression, Gaenslen's, FABERs, Thigh Thrust.

[loft33]

Hi Viloa,

Well, my PT says he can put his fingers under my joint - and he shouldn't be able to do that. A separate DO and physiatrist said my joint was mobile, but not too mobile.

BUT.. then I was going over my X-rays. The radiologist report said that "SI joints appear normal." But would you have a look at my x-ray below. If I'm right, the right SIJ looks like its got a lot more space than my left one. I wouldn't call that normal....

SO confused....

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[violablue]

Hi Loft,

I really don't have much training in reading X-rays and tend to listen to what the X-ray radiologists say about it.

I do agree with Grant about the prolotherapy timeframe. Keep up with the physio. If you're not progressing prolotherapy may be a good option.

You do say the SIJ belt is helping, so that is a good thing.

What are your signs and symptoms?

[GrantP]

xrays and link to symptoms is always difficult. don't always correlate. agree that right SIJ looks wider but seems you may be rotated to the camerea, and so the beam shoots down it at differnet angle therefore looks wider - like viola - i am not a radiologist.
think the advice before is what to try, make sure you have been assessed and treated by physio etc exeprienced in SIJ dysfunctions - give conservative rehab exercises a go, if fail then prolotherapy good option to try.

check out this presentation from John, who I worked with at Bupa Wellness in the UK - havent read it but searched for it and will give some information, search him out and see him for advice

http://www.bimm.org.uk/uploads/publi...olotherapy.pdf

good luck- say hi to him from me