Immediate Relief & Self Treatment of Sacroiliac Joint

Hello friends, I am physical therapist Bob Schrupp, physical therapist Brad Heineck, together we are the most famous physical therapists on the Internet. In our opinion, of course, Bob, we are like superheroes. Today we are going to talk about

immediate

relief

and Self-Treatment of the

sacroiliac

joint

or SI

joint

s. We'll show you where it is. And we're going to show you some things you can try because we're not going to let you try to diagnose what's happening to you specifically. with this because it is very difficult for you to do it But we can show you things that you can try and if it takes away your pain, c'est la vie And these

treatment

s, when they work, they work right now and you will feel that pain. come down, if they don't or sometimes you irritate him a little bit Then you're going to stop them, we'll clear it up and so we'll make sure to wait, but Bob has something to mention to everyone.

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sacroiliac

just because it sounds like, well, I .

I have sacroiliac pain. It's actually his back. But it's often in that same region, for sure. So that might be, should we use Sam? Sam to help So, the sacroiliac SI joint, the word comes from, here's the sacrum and here's the ilium. The sacrum is a large, solid, triangle-shaped bone right in the buttock, and these are the two pelvises, a little bit on either side of So, that's the ilium. You're right. And then the joint is here. It is where the two bones connect. It is not a joint that moves much. And that's controversial in the medical field.

We're not going to get into that, there are a lot of big, heavy ligaments holding it in place, right? So if you look at an anatomical image, you'll see why that's not the case. move a lot, right, we think there is some movement, of course. Okay, so that's the IF joint now you can, now this will be something new for Elizabeth. Can you come closer here? So if you can see, Bob, can you hold the sacrum? Sometimes Liz we have to be a certain distance from you. Does this work well? Let's ignore the nerves and get them out of the way.

So here's the sacrum and here's the ilium, now the joint, this is what can happen. There may be slight movement there. In fact, I would also show it from the side Brad. Good idea. This can, see how it rotates, so it can be rotated back. That's the back, and getting stuck that way or rotated forward and getting stuck that way. So we're going to try to get some movement there and see if that relieves your pain, right? That's what these exercises will do, specifically, and if you can get it moving in the right direction, the pain will decrease.

You're going to feel it. I think the other thing we should mention while we're here, Brad, is: what are some of the causes of this? Well, very good point. It's like you're walking and we're going backwards. Again, you inadvertently step off a curb and fall really hard and you jolt through that, which can take that joint and rotate it. So if out of habit you're always sitting, let's say you sit even cross-legged and you're always putting weight on one side, you know, year after year after year, you're actually putting stress on the body. The ilium is different in a different way and can actually cause a little bit of rotation if you're in a car accident and your knee hits the dashboard if you had that kind of force on that, which can displace the SI joint, if you have a longer leg. than the other one there you have it, I often see that very often in people who know, especially if it's a little over half an inch, it can really make a difference, or you get a total knee and maybe they didn't do them right and , suddenly you have a sudden change and have a shorter leg after surgery.

And one of the most common ones that Liz, our cameraman, can attest to is when you're pregnant, right? There are those chemicals that help loosen the ligaments, right, and make it easier for them to rotate and they can cause problems for you, chemicals. They are not body chemicals, they are called hormones. Yes, good. They are a chemical substance, right? I guess so, it sounds better to be... hormones. Now let's say this actually happened to me two weeks ago at the clinic and it works so well. It's like we have to get this to our viewers. Sure, she had back pain, normally if it's YES, it's when you walk or put weight on, that's when it gets worse Yes, when you sit down it usually feels better or when you lie down Hills are worse, stairs are worse, right, bearing weight, put force that causes YES to be pushed and painful.

The pain is usually here. It cannot go down the leg, usually not below the knee. I've seen it referring to the groin too, Brad. With that in mind, here's what you're going to do. If your symptoms sound similar to these, you may have an incident of the causes we mentioned. This is the first thing you're going to do is, I wish I had a chair, Bob here. We're really prepared here today, well, it's not too far away, Bob. Okay. , if you're in a nice firm chair, you don't want to do this on a couch or a soft chair like that, a nice firm chair with good posture.

If you lift your knee and lift it up and say this is a painful side. This is called muscle. energy technique in the world of therapy. I'm going to push down and hold her and actually do an isometric and this patient I had just a couple of weeks ago. She did this

immediate

ly and said, boy, that feels good. I mean it was very clear. So her exercise program at her home was to hold it for about five seconds and relax. How often did you ask him to do that, Brad? I told him to do it every hour or two, of course, you know.

The thing is, you don't do it just once a day. You are constantly doing this to try to help. Gradually adjust that so it stays in place and feels better. So you know she came back and was functioning, but she plateaued and got about 50% better. So, the next thing. you can do and if that doesn't work, you can go to this and you go to the bedside. Don't fall, yes, don't fall, you take the painful side and gently lower it. on the side of the bed and then we're stretching. Technically we are trying to convert a posterior bend into an anterior bend with both techniques, don't worry about that if you do this and this is your situation.

This just felt right. She just said, "Oh, that feels good," you'd probably want to close it at her place, wouldn't you, Brad? That's a good point. Yes, you should hold on to that knee and let it hang and that will help you adjust that SI again. It's something you try and see if it feels better and if not, if it hurts, no. If you do, just scratch it, especially if it makes it worse, right? We have two others that you are going to try and neither of them give you that immediate

relief

. Then move on to this one.

You can actually stay lying in bed, for me sometimes Brad says if this really makes things worse, sometimes I'm happy about that because that means maybe if I go to the other side, things will get better, precisely, yes. I'm still on the same leg. That's the painful side. Those two techniques didn't work. I'm going to take this knee and bring it up to my shoulder and then I'm going to hold it and take my knee and push it in that direction. While I'm holding it, we're actually doing an isometric, another muscle power technique, holding and pushing and if that feels like good pressure, it feels good.

I have a SI problem on my right side, that makes me feel good right now and I do it. I also do this with my

self

on a regular basis. I actually like riding like that because you're a little more stable and then you push like that. But it doesn't matter what makes you feel better. Now you can take this leg and put it down here or up, whatever works best. gives you better results. And again, you're going to hold it for three to five seconds. So again, if I wasn't holding it, that knee would go down, right?

So I'll do that three times and then you'll repeat it throughout the day again. Once every one to two hours until you plateau with your progress and hopefully it will go away. There is another one that is similar to that one, is it the one with the stool? Yes. You can do this on steps because they have different heights. If you have a railing, it can help you do this better. This is a little high for me, but it gives you the right idea, so you'll go up there. If you do it on a ladder, you'll hold up. over the railing and then you just lean into it and once again, it should feel like it's a good stretch.

It's making the pain feel better. And then when you're done, walk around, you should feel better too. Then you'll know you're right, so there you have four different options for sacroiliac joint pain that will cause immediate relief. if it is the correct one. And then you can also try, basically, if you want to try a belt, a SI belt, you can do that. Oh sure. You can try. I happened to have a Bob. And basically what you're trying to do is try to keep the pelvis together and this is again in those cases where the hormones are taking place and if you're pregnant, now Liz has had a couple of children and she has one that has to take care of besides that: Alex.

I always like that joke. Yes, by the way, that's her husband, but she tried and you were very successful, right Liz? Now you didn't have this one, but she had one that was made for a pregnant woman, right. She then she puts force here and stabilizes those joints. So yeah, the way I determine whether or not I could help someone is, I actually go up. to the person, not Brad. And I actually push her pelvis and make her walk and I know this is kind of stupid, but you walk behind someone and if that gives them relief, then there's a good chance they're going to take the belt off.

She's going to help you, so you get one of these SI belts and put it on here. He has to be in the pelvis, not too high in the waist. The pelvis is right here. Start right here. So it's under the pelvis. Yes, and you can tighten it from both sides. You get it nice and comfortable. She should feel good to you. And then you wear it all day long, and a lot of times, you know once you calm it down, it stays calm Yeah, that's the idea, you know, when things get inflamed It can be very difficult to make that inflammation go away. low.

So this can help with that. There are many different options and again, Bob, I really like to tell everyone here that we can fix almost anything in the body, except a broken heart. There you have it, but we're working on it, we can also give you advice, you know, if you're in love and having trouble finding a date. Well, we could, that may not be good advice. It's not good advice, but we could give advice. So thanks for watching.