Re: Si Joint Pain?

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Terry

Terry you are not alone in getting this type of pain and these types

of diagnosed conditions. From college, pros to high school sports

programs it is common to have these type of conditions.

I am not sure why you got Ct scan instead of MRI, but on lateral

view especially MRI showing your disc bulges, you will tyically

notice that body of L5 vertebra is sitting back of sacral body, L4

vertebral body is sitting backward relative to the body of L5 etc.

The way you can actually measure this is to draw a two points. One

on the most superior posterior part of the vertebral body and one on

the inferior posterior part of the vertebral body. When you draw a

line upward from these two points it should strike at the most

inferior inferior portion of the superior vertebral body above.

The disc is connected to the vertebral bodies endplates. The

posterior portion of the vertebral body forms the front of the

spinal canal. The top half of the foraminal opening is formed by

the superior vertebra and the bottom half of the foraminal opening

is formed by the inferior vertebra (or sacrum).

When the vertebral body is moved posterior relative to the vertebra

below, it causes the disc to bulge into the canal, the stenosis of

the spinal canal and the stenosis of the foraminal opening. This is

mechanical cause of these conditions and the three you have

diagnosised.

You need to get the 3rd, 4th and 5th lumbar vertebrae back into

alignment to reduce the bulging discs and stenosis central and

foraminal. The bottom line we found in professional and olympic down

to highschool sports was players were getting these same 3 diagnosed

conditions and with out correcting them you just get worse. Like

you are finding contemporary back strenghtening exericses aggravate

the area.

We engineered the spine as a cold hard lever machine exercising in

different positions to see the effect that it was having on these

conditions.

We found that a pelvic tilt performed over a fulcrum in the supine

position, with a weight sitting vertically over the anterior

superior iliac spines of the hip caused the following effects.

First the pull of the rectus abdominal (it was demonstrated to be a

rectus abdominal dominate exercise) caused the sacral end plate to

be compressed against the end plate (through discs) of L5. Then L5

on L4, L4 on L3.

Secondly we found and this was the important part, as the vertebral

bodies were being compressed there was shear force created also.

The shear force was downward or posterior. This means that as the

sacral endplate is lifted and pull back into the fifth lumbar disc,

it shears downward.

Now the beauty of this is that shearing movement moves the superior

facets of the sacrum backward to sit finally against the inferior

facets of the fifth lumbar vertebra. Then fifth on fourth and so

on.

This movement backwards to sit against the facets aligns the

vertebral bodies which in turn mechanically reduces the bulged disc,

central and foraminal stenosis.

Scherger

Ridgefield Wa

>

> Below are my ct-scan results. I'm hoping that some of the experts

here

> can help me understand the information presented. My doc says

it's nothing major but my pain sure

> is. Here goes:

>

> There are five non rib bearing lumbar vertebral segments.

> The limited study of the retroperitoneum is unremarkable.

> There is no suspicious bony lesion seen.

> L1-L2:No significant abnormality seen.

> L2-L3:No significant abnormality seen.

> L3-L4:Mild diffuse disc bulge but no central or foraminal stenosis.

> L4-L5:Posterior central disc protrusion.Narrowing mostly the

lateral

> recesses and causing a borderline central canal but no foraminal

> stenosis.

> L5-S1:Posterior disc protrusion touching the ventral aspect of the

> thecal sac but no significant central stenosis.There is a mild

right

> foraminal stenosis however.

>

> CONCLUSION

>

> Very minimal spondylosis involving mostly the level of L4-L5 and

L5-

> S1.

>

> Regards.

> Terry Mavroudis

> Montreal,Canada.

>