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[missliz]

OK, guys, I am not an expert. I just came up with a theory- after I lucked into a super excellent physical therapist with special training in SI joint rehab who loves to chat away about her work and by chance mentioned some of this stuff. The bike seat thing is working well for me so far, but I don't have too many miles on the theory yet. I just want you all to understand that I'm no expert. I went to art school not allied health.
That said, Yeah, goddess, it could well be SI joint OR a general alignment problem pulling muscles out of place and so pulling you out of whack. I had somthing very similar sounding a few years back and think SI was a factor, and that orthotics would have fixed up a lot. (Whole nother subject that.) This can get to be various kinds of joint problems over time. Go to Amazon or wherever and look at the books by Pete Egoscue, he's a functional anatomist who realigns people with stretching programs and simple exercises. I have the first book, (cheap! love Amazon) the one with a white cover with big green letters. His ideas are simple, but very interesting. Most people don't stretch enough, get all balled up and carry a loy of stress in their muscles, then the fascia gets stuck like glue and stuff doesn't move back where it should be. Good stretching work done regularly fixes a whole lot. I don't beleive in chiropracters, a good physical therapist will do you more good. Takes longer, but they educate you to look after yourself in the long term. But whatever works for you, OK?
SI joint injuries are easily determined- Know where it is? Look it up. The joint isn't actually mobile, it exists as a kind of shock absorber to protect the spine from the shock of your feet hitting the ground. It's held together by ligaments, and when those ligaments stretch they and the joint get all inflamed. The joint can go into subluxion(pop out of place) and throw you out of whack 'cause the ilia rotates a little bit. Your legs are suddenly different lengths. The ligament running over the joint will light up like a Christmas tree. Your whole butt and back can go into spasm, orthopods and runners literally call it "pain in the butt syndrome". (Runners get this a lot too.)
I bet more general lower back pain could be the beginnings of this. But again I'm no expert. See somebody about it if there's a big problem.
Warning- A lot of orthopedists don't really understand sacroiliac joint problems. Physical therapists usually do. You may just need to weasel a RX for lower back pain to get to a pt and get treatment- Which is essentially Pilates type stuff. Ole Joseph was on to a lot.Back exercises are good, but you need ab work too, make sure it gets the pelvic floor muscles. These pull the SI stuff back together, and really spices up sex, too ,weren't expecting that were you?

Miss Liz