Re: Si joints/Joyce/

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Hi Cindy H,

I do not have the SI thing but I have had spinal surgery on L4-L5,L5-S1,

bilaterally. I still need a fusion.. My spine does clunk and thunk too as

you said yours does. Weird isn't it. I suspect it's why I need a fusion, the

instability must cause that,

S.

Re: Si joints/Joyce/

> Joyce, ,

> I've been going through my first time ever with SI problems. (I go to a

Spine Therapy Clinic) The therapist had me do the things suggested.

(all but the dye stuff). I now use a lift in one shoe because leg

inequality-not from scoliosis, but from one leg being 1/2 " longer than the

other. Also have had 3 low back surgeries, the last at L5-S1 level. And of

course have arthritis in the area.plus scar tissue and all that...

> I've been doing gentle stretches to relax the piriformus muscle. (it's in

the sciatic nerve area approx. in the middle of the buttock) This has helped

immensely with sciatic nerve pain. The more it relaxes, it seems the SI

feels a tad better.

> I have no idea why the SI went out, but I'm guessing my general laxity,

plus spasming of the piriformus had some play in it.

> This whole business starts in when my arthritic hip on that side

subluxes/dislocates(?) forward.

>

> The SI is a good deal more comfortable now, but still pops and cracks.

>

> A bit off topic, this doesn't have to do with the SI, but the spine in

general.

> Does yours ever " thunk " when you walk? Some mornings it feels so loose,

and with each step I can feel/hear it " thunk " with each step. It's done it

for years, and bugs me. Do you know what this is?

> CindyH

> Wisc.

> ~~

> From: ngsamuelson

> Joyce,

> I'm so sorry to know how bad your SI joints are. It sounds absolutely

agonizing! I will try to make some suggestions, but you may have already

> tried them.

>

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