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[mimitabby]

i am thinking it IS sacroiliac!
what the heck did I do?

DH doesn't pick stuff up well. He doesn't see the floor.
hmph

[mimitabby]

KY, i am doing everything I usually do, i am not like laid up or anything. But i am ready to travel to another country and I DO NOT NEED this to get worse!
But coincidentally, i am going to the Dr about something else. AMA doctors usually just want to give you drugs for back pain, so I'd ask someone like you first ANYTIME.

[Trek420]

mimitabby "DH doesn't pick stuff up well. He doesn't see the floor.
hmph"

you don't need to see the floor, it's always like....straight down

[mimitabby]

mimitabby "DH doesn't pick stuff up well. He doesn't see the floor.
hmph"

you don't need to see the floor, it's always like....straight down

ha. Tell him that. The floor is for him a catchall.
He's better about countertops... and he cooks. So I've always been in charge of the floor. NORMALLY, it helps me stay flexible.


what's wrong with that Buddha X??
he lost his brains, but he seems happy about it!

[Xrayted]

what's wrong with that Buddha X??
he lost his brains, but he seems happy about it!

yeah, both of us.

[mimitabby]

so X, do you have a curious George jersey? we just watched the movie last week. It was cute.

[Xrayted]

mimi - My Curious George books from childhood have been passed down to the kids in my family. I still love the stories and lessons to be learned in them. No CG jersey as yet. I'm such a kid at heart tho that I'd have no problem wearing one. I saw one I liked online so it's on the x-mas list. I've practically melted the CC since getting the bike so no new purchases for me for a few months. I love Disney stuff too and I've got a few jerseys with that theme on the list too. (my other nickname is Mickey but don't tell anyone. )

Kitsune - I don't even know what to say. I guess I hope you get your shirt back. Glad you both lived through it. (although it probably doesn't feel that way) Air drum if ya gotta but stay away from drum sticks when partying. You can take an eye out. (or put the stick through a drum head skin. Don't ask how I know this.)

[KnottedYet]

Useful tricks for SI joint grumpiness:

These are to be done VERY VERY GENTLY!!! Like rocking a sleeping baby! GENTLY. BARELY. ALMOST IMPERCEPTIBLY.

I mean it!

These tricks are to calm down the spasming muscles. They take a while. As the muscles in your pelvis/low back calm down the locked-down bones can shift around again. Movement can be easier, but you should still be taking it carefully (no bending down for stuff on the floor, squat instead) because all those critters are still gonna be sensitive. Those sensitive muscles will still be tender and sore for a few hours, too.

When my patients have had an "episode" of SI related pain, I tell them to do these tricks at least twice a day (morning and night) for a couple weeks. Helps to break the spasm/pain/spasm cycle. You can also do them any time your back feels grumpy.

Trick #1 Pelvic Shotgun

(called "shotgun" because it hits many targets <muscles>)

*Lie on your back on the bed or the floor, with your knees bent and feet on the floor/bed.
*Completely relax your back. Just lie there for about a minute.
*Put a pillow between your knees.
*Gently, barely, imperceptibly squeeze the pillow for 10 seconds.
*Let off the sqeeze for 10 seconds.
*Do this for 2 or 3 minutes.

Trick #2 Foot Push MET (muscle energy technique)

*Lie on your back, knees bent and feet on the bed/floor.
*Completely relax your back. Just lie there for about a minute.
*Straighten one leg and let it rest on the floor. Keep the other bent.
*Gently barely "push" through the bent leg, like you were going to slide your foot down the bed. (but don't move the foot. don't push hard enough it actually moves) Hold the imaginary push for 10 seconds.
*Let off the push for 10 seconds.
*Repeat 3 times in a row on the left.
*Repeat 3 times in a row on the right.
*Do this for 2 or 3 minutes

Use these as needed. I like the shotgun, it works well for me. But I have to do it for a good 5 minutes. Sometimes the shotgun doesn't fix me, and I use the foot push afterwards.

These should feel as boring as h*ll. They ARE boring! You are boring your muscles into a state of calmness.

[Kitsune06]

Oh. My. Gawd.

Shoot me now. DG and I were out partying last night. Partying as in "listen to the neighbor and his band play music and enjoy gross amts of free alcohol". DG gets plastered and becomes the honorary life of the party, even though everyone's about had it. We eventually get home and spend about four hours camped out infront of the throne (I was ok, but DG wasn't, and sweety that I am, I stayed with her to make her feel better and clean up the aftermath...) ick. DG had to go to work at 7 this morning, though, so I hope she's surviving. I feel like h*ll, and need to get some sleep but can't. ugh. I think I flashed a few guys at the party. I'm sure I'll find out for sure this afternoon. my shirt and DG's djimbe are still there. Funny, the more I drank, the better I drummed.

Mmkay. 'night TD

[mimitabby]

Oh. My. Gawd.
Funny, the more I drank, the better I drummed.

Mmkay. 'night TD

uh, do you mean the better you THOUGHT you were drumming?

[Kitsune06]

Probably, but because the party had been going for awhile before I got there, (go me and my "incredibly realistic" security guard uniform...) the band was well on their way out, too, so... no one sounded good anymore, I'm sure.

[Xrayted]

mimi - sorry about the back. My advice, do whatever Knotted tells ya. Oh, and eat plenty of chocolate.

Trek - hehehe - another true smartazz!