Question 1

will lifting weights help decrease sacroiliac pain?

Accepted Answer

Possibly: General weight training and core strengthening can certainly help with pain in the sacroiliac joint area.

On the other hand, it may worsen the pain.  Regardless, it likely won't harm the joint.

If the pain doesn't get better or worsens, you really need to see a physiatrist or other musculoskeletal/spine specialist.  There are certain conditions a rheumatologist can manage for sacroiliac joint pa.

Question 2

what are causes of sacroiliac pain?

Accepted Answer

Pelvic imbalance: Sacroiliac joint is the most complex joint in the spine. It moves in six planes of motion and is l shaped. Has innervation from the back and in the front. It can become misaligned and cause a lot of pain due to abnormal friction of ilium on sacrum. In someone young like you it is usually due to pelvic imbalance from short leg syndrome or psoas muscle spasm.

Question 3

sacroiliac pain - how long does it usually last?

Accepted Answer

Varies: Sacroiliac joint pain lasts until it's fixed, and this depends on the cause.

Simple arthritic si joint pain can be helped with steroid injections into the joint, and much longer with radiofrequency ablation of the medial and lateral branch nerves.

Best to see a physiatrist or other spine specialist, or a rheumatologist.

Question 4

sacroiliac pain  are  any new studies being done?

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There are no new : Ones but standard testing after beginning with a complete history and physical exam with appropriate blood work, plain radiographs, mri, ct and possibly bone scan as well as diagnostic blocks for diagnosis and to rule out other possible causes such as hip or spine pathology or intrapelvic issues.

Question 5

does someone have a real problem: sacroiliac pain?

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Yea: It can be a source of pain  in people with certain rheumatologic diseases as this is a synovial lined joint.  It can also be affected. In people who have had unstable fractures to their pelvis.  It is rare  to be a primary source of back pain.  Back pain often refers to the sacroiliac regions.

Question 6

what's the best treatment for sacroiliac pain?

Accepted Answer

Generally an NSAID: Usually an anti inflammatory pill but sometimes a cortisone injection into the si joint.

Question 7

what do i do for extreme hip and sacroiliac pain?

Accepted Answer

Depends: Depends what you mean by "hip".  Posterior hip pain can be from the musculature in the buttock or may be the hip joint itself.  

Sacroiliac joint pain can respond very well to a steroid injection or even radiofrequency ablation.

A spine specialist can determine where the pain is coming from; a rheumatologist may be needed too.

Question 8

please advise what is the best remedy for sacroiliac pain (lower back)?

Accepted Answer

Depends if it is: From your back or from a piriformis spasm. If from piriformis spasm, stretch. If from your back, consider physical therapy first. If that does not work, epidural, translaminar or transforaminal injections can help. Make sure you go to someone who can diagnose it correctly, as si joint pain can also present that way.

Question 9

would lifting weights and other upper back strengthening exercises help with sacroiliac pain?

Accepted Answer

Upper back exercises: Will not benefit sciatic pain unless, like bench press, you are increasing your core strength as well.

Question 10

could sacroiliac pain radiate to the lower abdomen?

Accepted Answer

Not typically: I've never heard of a case of sacroiliac joint pain referring to the lower abdomen.  The best way to find out is to get the joint injected under x-ray with steroid and numbing medicine and see if the lower abdomen pain goes away too.  Better yet, you can just get the L5 dorsal prim ramus, and s1, s2, (racepinephrine) s3 lateral branch nerves numbed up.  An interventional spine specialist will know what this means.

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