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Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction
Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction is a diagnosis on the rise in modern medicine. It is a condition that is often diagnosed by exclusion, rather than by definitive causative evidence. As with many other lower back pain syndromes, it is relatively easy to “prove” while almost impossible to disprove. This makes SI joint dysfunction an ideal
scapegoat
for
treatment resistant back pain.
Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction Symptoms
Typical cases of
sacroiliac pain
behave identical to many other
lower back pain
and
sciatica
conditions. Pain in the back, buttocks and legs is common.
Tingling,
numbness,
and
weakness
in the back, buttocks and legs are also combination neurological symptoms experienced by the majority of patients. Pain can be worsened or improved through activity, rest, position or any number of other factors.
Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction Diagnosis
The most widely used form of SI pain diagnosis is an anesthetic injection into the SI joint. If the pain is relieved, then the SI joint is most often blamed as the suspected cause of symptoms. This is terrible medical technique, since the injection can numb pain along the spinal nerves that may be coming from any number of locations. This injection will also usually relieve the symptoms of
oxygen deprivation back pain
in the sacral area, but that diagnosis is almost never made by the treating physician. That in itself is almost criminal, since
ischemic back pain
is the most common form of chronic back pain suffered worldwide.
Recommendation on Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction
Sacroiliac pain does exist, but true SI dysfunction is rare. Most patients diagnosed with SI pain are actually suffering from
psychological back pain.
The SI joint is well designed and not a usual location for significant degenerative changes. This is one joint that was created to outlast the life of the individual. If you have been diagnosed with SI joint dysfunction and can not find relief, consider the possibility that you have been
misdiagnosed.
I would strongly recommend learning more about how
knowledge therapy
can cure your pain forever.
Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction to Back Pain Home
3/3/07 Revised 10/26/09
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