I hurt.

[KnottedYet]

The PT has me doing a couple of exercises that twist my pelvis as I do them, and that seems to provide immediate relief, but it doesn't last.

Excellent! You've already got your corrective movement!

I assume you are doing this 10 repetitions, every two hours? (so 8 or more sessions a day)

How long does the relief last? You may need to do it more frequently for a few days: for example, if relief lasts for 35 minutes, you may need to do the movement every 30 minutes, etc.

The more time the bones spend lined up right, the faster the collegen your body is throwing at the SI can get it stuck back down. It's like spiderweb. You don't want to stretch or tear it and you want it to build up.

It may take a while and a lot of work, but if you can chase it down and keep it symptom free for a week (that means in place for a week and doing your corrective movement that entire time) that is about enough time for the collagen to build up. It may take a few weeks to get to that point.

[NbyNW]

Knott, all that talk about collagen has me wondering -- is there anything nutrition-wise that helps that process along?

[KnottedYet]

Knott, all that talk about collagen has me wondering -- is there anything nutrition-wise that helps that process along?

Not really. The body wants to heal the area, that's part of why it hurts. It hurts because it's out of place and it hurts because it is inflamed. Inflammation is your friend: it is increased metabolism and circulation and collagen production and white blood cell excitement, etc.

If you are not eating adequately, the body will borrow from existing healthy tissue to supply the repair. Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

That's why we jump all over athletic folks who decide to cut down their food intake while they are injured, because they are afraid they will gain weight. No, no, no! You need continued performance-level nutrition to fund and fuel the repair! Repair is expensive! Eat good food and lots of it, no dieting during repair.

The best way to help repair is to keep the parts of the joint functioning and lined up where they belong. It's like a slow setting glue. You gotta keep them lined up for at least a week (no symptoms at all. pain = not lined up) before you can begin to assume the glue has "set." If they keep coming apart, all that glue goes to waste and the body has to start all over again.

SFA mentions not being fused. THIS is the fusion process. This IS the repair. Put them where they belong and work on keeping them there until you can keep them perfectly there for an entire week. Any time a sypmtom shows up, you start your week over. (symptom = oops, we lost it, start over)

[sfa]

I assume you are doing this 10 repetitions, every two hours? (so 8 or more sessions a day)

How long does the relief last? You may need to do it more frequently for a few days: for example, if relief lasts for 35 minutes, you may need to do the movement every 30 minutes, etc.

Hmmm, more like just three times a day (once in the morning, right after work, before bed). I'll up the frequency, even if it means looking like a fool lying down on my office floor! One of them involves an exercise ball, so that's not happening at work. The relief lasts about an hour or so, but can be longer depending on my overall activity level.

Thanks so much for your help!

Sarah

[KnottedYet]

Hmmm, more like just three times a day (once in the morning, right after work, before bed). I'll up the frequency, even if it means looking like a fool lying down on my office floor! One of them involves an exercise ball, so that's not happening at work. The relief lasts about an hour or so, but can be longer depending on my overall activity level.

Thanks so much for your help!

Sarah

Oh my goodness!!! You DO have your corrective movement! Fabulous! If you know relief lasts about an hour, then I'd suggest you try to do the movement every hour. Your goal is to never let it slip awry enough to hurt, chase it back into place before it even THINKS about slipping awry.

This is so exciting, you've already got everything you need to fix it! Choose the one exercise that works the best (gives the best relief) and do that one 10 times every hour. Don't wait for the SI to hurt (by which time it's already awry), fix it before it gets the chance to hurt. Doing a movement 10 times will take about 45 seconds out of your hour, well worth it to get the healing process rolling.

After a few days you may find the SI is less sloppy, and you may be able to decrease the movement to every 2 hours. It gets less sloppy as collagen builds up without getting torn asunder every time the SI moves.

You know how to put the SI right, you know how to make your pain go away. Don't put up with any pain! Get rid of it! You have the power!

[Pax]

Knott - I LOVE your enthusiasm for your work!

[colby]

Knot: You rock. That is all.