SI Joint/sleeping

[Crankin]

I have a whole set of exercises to keep my SI joint from being locked, but none of what Oak described. Similar, though. Thing is, with all of the visits I had to the PT (a manual/McKenzie therapist), my joint was only actually locked once, maybe twice. It's been much better since I've been better about doing the exercises, but some days, I go to bed fine, and wake up with the ache, but it goes away after awhile. I also use a heating pad, for about 10 minutes, when I get into bed, a couple of nights a week. I have a fairly new pillow top bed, not the firmest, but the next one down. I hated the feel of the Tempurpedic, I felt like I had no support and it just felt weird. It's actually been better since the cycling season has ramped up. Hiking or walking sometimes irritates it, but if I do the exercises it helps. I mostly cannot run at all.

[ny biker]

An important lesson I learned years ago: good shoes are worth paying more for.

[Catrin]

An important lesson I learned years ago: good shoes are worth paying more for.

Yup, while my major foot surgery in 2004 put an end to cheap shoes for me - my increasing knee/hip issues make a good fit even more imperative. I've very high arches, a wide toe-box + narrow heels so it's always been a challenge. Yesterday I discovered The Walking Company and their exclusive clogs with built-in orthotics that pretty much make me feel like I'm walking on clouds and they are no more expensive than the shoes I've been wearing over the years. It's early days yet, but frankly, so far the built in metatarsal orthotic already feels better than the $400 custom ones I had made a couple years back by a podiatrist.

Oh yes, they even have SANDALS made with the same internal orthotics

[OakLeaf]

Yeah, what I meant by posting that was mostly a long way of getting around to how, for me, tucking my pelvis seems to change the way the sacrum fits into it. But, for anyone who might be helped by and/or might want to ask about those exercises, there they are!

[Catrin]

Oakleaf the exercises are interesting and I will give them a shot. It sounds like, for you, tilting the pelvis posteriorly causes your exercises to be ineffective? I'm still wrapping my head around what might be going in with my hips. I will touch base with my ART/manual/PT-Chiro on Thursday to see what he thinks. He HAS been adjusting my SI joint and that is something that he only does if there is a decided need for it - it's not his first tool that he uses. It certainly feels better afterwards for a few days, just need to figure out what I'm doing that's causing the problem. Perhaps just arthritis - assuming that causes SI joint issues.