Quote Originally Posted by fatbottomedgurl View Post
Tomorrow will be ONE YEAR since I was in the car accident that tore up my SI joint. I've turned into a little bit of a gym rat-- swimming and machines - sometimes the treadmill but I usually pay for that the next day. I had two injections into the joint that helped. I have been back on my mountain bike a few times recently. I always hurt later, but my back hurts most the time anyway, so I would rather ride and hurt than not ride and hurt a little less.

On another note my husband who got hit and run December 5 and ended up in the hospital for five days with a broken rib and collapsed lung is 100% better and back to commuting every day.
That's fantastic news about your husband! I'm sorry you haven't been so lucky. I'd be interested to hear more about your SI joint injections as I also have lingering SI joint pain (not intense, but annoying) from my cycling accident in April '05. My pain is mostly just when I'm riding, not so much afterwards, and is at the top of my butt in back, on the right side. Are the injections x-ray guided? I read some about them online awhile back, and they sounded kinda involved and possibly painful (are you anesthesized at all?), so I haven't followed up with them but think I might need to at some point. How long do the results last?

Thanks for the info -- and I hope you'll continue to recover. One year is not that long in the grand scheme of things, though I know it seems it. My orthopod told me that I'd continue to heal for two years after my surgery to repair my pelvis. I'm past that now, but you may still have another year of improvement ahead of you! Fortunately, I'm able to ride, hike, and even run, but just not really long distances, and I worry about pain getting worse on back-to-back days, like if my DH and I were ever to do another bike tour.

Emily