Story of my life. Very frustrating to have Doctors think you are trying to bullshit them when you are in pain 24/7. And nothing works.

I have this problem and doctors treat you like you’re okay and exaggerating. This has affected every facet of my life. It has made life activities so difficult and a lot of people don’t understand how painful.

I'm a living testimony that SI Joint fusion can be avoided! When I started treatment with Danielle at Caring Medical, I could not walk without adjusting my joints myself. I was partially wheelchair-bound and in writhing pain. We weren't sure I'd be able to hike again. Here I am 18 months later, and I'm not quite finished, but the pain is way down. I'm hiking again! I have hEDS and 22-year-old injuries from a severe car accident. Healing is long and hard, but it is possible!

I had this problem, the best way to correct it is to stabilise the hip by getting it level and then doing exercise around the muscles to streaghten them the ligaments start to grow stronger it takes around 6 to 8 weeks working slowly every day. I have never felt so much better when playing football. I have had this problem for over 10 years and always suffered doing sport. The rubber bands are the best for straightening all the weak muscles/ in balances in your body.

Wow, I’m 61 and injured by vehicle 45 years ago, then again in 2020. It’s a miracle I can still walk. Pain and stability are almost gone. Hips are failing. Tailbone. 🇨🇦 lost in Canada and doctors not helping. Thank you for sharing this valuable information.

My story, after a fall I have been in pain for a year. I tried physiotherapy, chiropractor, Xray.. tend machines, hot patches, exercises, medications, and it is frustrating. What is giving me relief right now is a SI belt , thanks to that belt I am sleeping again, and IMS needles. Blessings to all of us who are dealing with this pain

I have suffered from this for over 10 years. It was undiagnosed they could not figure out what was wrong, I seen a new specialist and they told me they believe its s.i joint dysfunction. He had told me I will live with the pain for the rest of my life. I seen a surgeon and they told me no surgeon in Canada would touch it. My mri didn't show much other then an extruded disk so its been a very confusing and frustrating decade for me. This video instantly made me finally understand the Injury more but also made me confused as to why mine is said to be permanent

I need to just move there I have so many messed up ligaments! Lol it might take you guys two years to fix me but I have hope in the Lord that I have found you for a reason! Just have to figure out how to get there!! 🙏🏻💪🏻💗

The more videos i watch on these back and stomach videos the more i want to pack my husband on a plane and come here. I still have to call you folks. Im just traumatized and so is my hubby from lack of care and treatment here in Michigan. The drs think hes lying and hes not! 2 videos now that have pretty much diagnosed my very ill and pain riddled husband. We have lost hope and faith this will ever get fixed. I need to get him here

Very interesting, thank you for sharing. I found that inversion therapy stops my sciatica and I have an inversion table at home.

You have no idea how much I need to take a trip from Australia to have this treatment for my endometriosis. My nerves are going crazy at times. I really want to try this before having another surgery 🙂

Excellent! Hopeful and Inspiring!

I have extremely loose ligaments as I was a contortionist and professional dancer when I was young and I am now elderly and have had several back surgeries and all they did was relieve a little bit of leg pain temporarily which didn't last long and left me with severe spinal stenosis-can only stand for 5 minutes. So true that loose ligaments make you very unstable and prone to injuries and probably why I've had so many in my life time. Wish you were closer I would come for treatment.

I've suffered with this since i had my son 11 years ago. I was so excited when i got accepted to a pain clinic (i was 25 and truly thought pain clinic meant clinic that TREATS your pain) I was put on opiates and offered to have my nerve endings burned off or some fusion surgery. Later i was told that the pain was in my head due to depression. If only I'd have known there were places like this that actually want to help you....

Sounds like me But my pain is better today. Before today its been SO painful all the time when standing or walking. Especially in my front quad. Could barely hang up 2 shirts before my leg was so bad. Barely lifted a bed and this happened.

I'm so glad I seen this video, I was about to give up hope.

Thank you so much doctor.

I've fallen hard on my butt and had this SI Joint distinction. A chiropractor adjusted me and told me to move gently for a month which I didn't do. He gave me a Serola si belt which I eventually used and it made the difference. I had to use it a while until symptoms went away. Occasionally I need it for short stints. Strengthening and weight loss prevent any low back issues.

Thank you!

"Or simply get up off the floor, and walk to a chair. Everyone's goals are different." Yep.

Thank you for all this info!! I felt pain after using the Torso Twist machine at the gym. I was doing 20 on each side, using 40lbs. I haven't gone to the gym in almost a month and I'm 95% pain free. My psyiatrist advised PT but after watching all the videos about the SI joint, I'm going to try the exercises for a week or 2 and see how I feel.

Problems with my MRI but getting occasional injections now with mixed results, PT in therapy pool. Fibro has calmed down mostly so I'm actually making some progress after probably 10 years. The SI problems have been crippling over the last few years. Degenerative disc disease in cervical and lumbar spine, some stenosis, and osteoarthritis in SI joint and knee. Bursitis in right hip, femur wasn't actually completely in the socket for over a year and before that the hip was locked on the other side. I'm looking at surgery sooner or later.

A woman who practised fascia therapy on me ( I wasn't seeing her for fascia therapy!) severly injured me 5 months ago. She totally destabilised by right SI joint and my right leg. I'm still trying to get over this and spent a fortune on doctors (who just ignore the SI joint) osteopaths . I've finally found a real fascia pulsologist but she is away on a long holiday ! Yes seems ligaments were injured, also psoas. I lost mobility in my right foot so could not drive and this problem has returned a little last couple of days; freaky.

Very informative video! I was also curious, when you do comprehensive prolotherapy of all the ligaments of the SI joint, which ligaments are those exactly? Is it just the iliolumbar, sacrospinous, sacrotuberous, and then all posterior sacroiliac ligaments? How about ligaments like the interosseous sacroiliac ligament? Do you bother with any sacrococcygeal ligaments? Lastly, does each ligament get a single injection per procedure or do multiple injections span the area of each ligament? Trying to learn more about the comprehensive approach

Danielle Matias, very informative video. In your experience, have you ever heard of SI joint pain causing radiating/shooting pain down the right thigh? Almost every time my wife has excruciating shooting pain down her right thigh, one of her SI joints has been stuck (most commonly one side is stuck anteriorly and requires a Chicago Roll posterior adjustment which produces an audible clunk and her shooting pain doesn't occur again. She's been dealing with this pain for almost 2 years and as of yesterday received her first right SI joint steroid injection to see if this helps. She also looks to have a misaligned pubic bone with her right side being more prominent but unsure if this is due to her hip replacement. We've seen 16 doctors over the last 2 years and still no solid answer to what happened to start this issue and what is actually causing it. She had her total hip replacement at age 15, after normal recovery, she never had these pain patterns, was able to run, jump, bike, etc. Hip replacement has been evaluated by 3 orthos and they all agree it looks great...actually better than they expected 10 years later. My wife can go days with walking and have no pain but suddenly one of her SI joints will get stuck and cause the pain pattern. She can do the same leg workout 2-3 times and have no issues, but then on the 4th time, she has pain. It is such an interesting, frustrating case that has stumped so many physicians. Hoping you could help!!

Very informative video, i'd like to ask you a question. I've been suffering from SI joint pain for three years and exercises/stretching do not work. I can feel pain touching the SI joint with my thumb (it's always the same spot, the pain just stays there), does this mean that ligaments are involved? Thank you

Yes. That’s my issue. I am hyper mobile and it happened using the hip abduction machine at the gym. The. Inner thigh one caused it by pulling the ligaments slightly and I am strong and use heavy weights. This particular machine to others I have used. Not had this issue prior and now My si is out of place ..moves around and is very painful and unstable.

Hi I had a.low back injury, something popped while leaning over. I was on opioids for 2 weeks. I didn't have nerve pain down the leg, pain was.local and radiated to front of pelvis. However it has reaggravated and I get pain down my left leg, not like nerve pain, its like a painful pulling,.like when overstretched, but it happens when I extend the leg to walk and left side feels tight. There is a local pain on palpation like pushing on a bruise near sacral bones, not in sacroiliac joint, more close to spine below s1... could this be caused by what you are talking about in this video?

I was involved in a vehicle accident. Since then I have been having back pain. I went to see a spine surgeon who told me MRI look good, but EMG shows I have abnormal reading from my right leg. I have pain going down my right leg, hard to sit down for long period of time and when I do stand it hurts a lot. At first I thought It was my lumbar but after watching this video I think it is my SI joint. I'm going to go see another spine surgeon who can hopefully tell me what is really wrong with me.

Ironically, I hyper-extended either the Psoas muscle or tendons in the area of the SI following the same sort of exercise I was doing during physical therapy. In therapy, using a stretch strap gave me a great deal of relief, but that was closely supervised by the physical therapist. So I bought a strap for home use and that's where things went wrong. I didn't feel I was getting enough of a stretch and ended up over-doing it. Now I'm stuck with this tightening in the pelvic area and have to do different exercises each morning to loosen up that area. X-rays and an MRI didn't reveal any damage.

Story of my life I been suffering for 5 years with this. Chiropractor acupuncture weekly massage soaking in episode salt and magnesium nothing helped. I’m going to ask my PCP about this thanks for sharing.

Is it possible to have problem with SIJ without pain in joint area but lot of muscle imbalances and spasm and inhibition? Also no pain whit SIJ tests ?

That first picture is exactly what my MRI looks like. Just wrecked. Tried every type of PT, cried through all of them but one, the pool. Something about being in the water just makes it more tolerable. 💔💔💔

those prp and prolotherapy injections are great but majority of insurance doesnt pay for them and they are expensive

Danielle matias, after looking at all fhe caring medical and email since last year and i have been informed. You guys have successfully treated patient who have had if for years later, at the moment it's been 11months for me and i'm still unable to travel as my country borders has been closed due to this pandemic so therefore i would like to double confirm that it is okay to wait and be patient till i can travel for the treatment right? Because it will still probably even more months for me to travel as the borders are being lock down due to this pandemic And then once i get treated can return back successfully return to my competitive sports as i am a martial artist and does lots of strength and condition workouts.

Hello. I'm suffering SIJ Paine Sincé eleven years ago. Do You know if un Argentina is this method of healing? It's nota easy to me voy to florida. Really, it would ve a great dream. Thanks.

my dr. said i have brutis, another dr. says i have a tare in muscle around the si joint . lots of pain

I get flares when I am subjected to jerks while driving two wheeler or pushing/pulling heavy objects, climbing vertical ladder in industry etc..and the pain doesn't reduce untill I get painkiller (NSAID) for 2,3 days..WHAT COULD BE THIS ISSUE? IS IT Sacroilliatis or SI joint disfunction?

Wow she explains the LIGAMENTS connected to the muscles. How doe prolotherapy work. I'm sorry Aldo for your pain . I know that this is hard We need to try prolotherapy. But how do they prove that it's the LIGAMENTS? Can acupuncture help with this too? We have so many questions and answers. May God illuminate our minds and I pray I find someone here in Houston. Love to you all

how can you make the correct diagnosis, that the ligaments are causing that pain and not the muscles?

So what happens when you have natural hyper mobility in joints? When my SI or Lumbar area slides out, it can be as bad as not being able to walk, to fully in place and full mobility restored. Unfortunately, sliding out of place happens at bad times, like while out hiking. Pain and instability is so NOT a good thing. Dealing with it since 1980….with no doc helping.

Can you explain where exactly the prolotherapy injection should go? Is the picture in the video accurately showing where the injection should go? My daughter had Ozone injections done and got some relief but not full relief of pain.

I fell on my butt and I noticed that When I bend slightly my right psis (dimple) pops out and there is no pain on pressing but prolong standing and sitting causes pain at that area and moving or standing up from sitting causes popping noise sometimes

I had a lumbar fusion done in 2017. Immediately after I first awoke I had immediate pain in both thighs, along the outer side. So painful I could barely touch it. It has progressed over the years to be diagnosed as sciatica. The pain medication was not able to take it away, though it became a painful level I have tolerated. Just in the last week I was having a conversation with my pain management Dr about the areas that are so painful. After several months of failing epidural injections he now feels it's my si joints. I am hoping 🙏 that the injections help.

I know upper cervical care can correct a leg length discrepancy, at least temporarily. But does the root cause of the discrepancy more commonly lie in the SI joint, whereby correcting the SI joint will result in longer lasting correction of the leg length discrepancy?

Im 58, have had this issue for YEARS. Ive tried PT...twice. No change.

Danielle, I have been viewing Caring Medical vids for a few months. I've posted comments to Dr. Ross on other KZfaq vids. Prolotherapy has become so very interesting to me. I have a compilation of spinal issues including stenosis and facet joint arthritis throughout my spine . I've been to 4 different Chiropractors duri g the past 10 years. I'm 69 yo, suffered a fractured right femur at age 15 which resulted in a 1 inch shorter right leg. I recently assumed that the growth plate in the bone had been affected, but a recent opinion from a chiropractor i dicated that he felt the bone was not set properly. The treatment in 1966 when this occurred entailed, leg in traction in the hospital for 6 or 7 weeks, then a full body cast for 10 weeks. The shorter right leg was determined when the cast came off. My parents or I thought to ask the doctor how to address that.... like wearing an adjustment to my shoes. After some years later, the shorter leg wreaked Havoc to my hips and spine. Dextroscoliosis to 25 degrees worsening over the years, and arthritis in many joints and spine. Pertaining to the SIJs, I suffer with sacroiliitis determined by my rheumatologist after taking xrays. She was looking for RA. That was ruled out after the blood test for the specific gene (don't remember exactly). She did say that sacroiliitis is ground Zero for gravitating up the spine and contributing to the spinal ailments. After looking more into Prolotherapy, and discussing with my Pain Management doctor, who said Prolotherapy would not really help my conditions, I'm seeking more opinions for treatments to stem the chronic pain and stiffness for many years . Like so many out there with chronic pain, it goes hand in hand with chronic Anxiety and depression. Dr. Ross is spot on with cervical instabilities and the Vagus Nerve. I suffer with many cervical issues: herniated discs, pretty severe DDD, Military Neck, with facet joint arthritis. I can Feel and Hear the bones cricking and cracking ausing so much pressure that gives me headaches to the bridge of my nose, and lots of TMJ issues. I appreciate this info so much. I'm in the Hunt for the right people here in Westchester county NY who an make a difference. I've had epidurals 3x , didnt do much at all. I've had facet joint injections 2x. The first set of 6 helped for about 2 weeks, the seond set was stopped as i became very woozy when the 2nd needle was inserted.

Hey Dr Danielle Urgent question Rather than bending forward, can bending backwards in twisted way also lead to si joint instability/dysfunction too?

Thank you for this informative video. I believe this us exactly what I am suffering from since Feb. and it's not getting any better, only worse. Does anyone do this therapy in BC, Canada? I really need answers. I just learned about the trochanter belt. Would that help in your opinion?

Yes interested to know abt prolotherapy! I was offered a fusion in left SI joint but I’ve gone through 5 back surgeries on discs including 2 spinal fusions & my surgeon said he couldn’t promise success🤷‍♀️ I had an injection into the joint in theatre but it just made my leg numb completely & no pain relief in fact worse! I’ve got sciatic pain constantly from the first level I had problems with over 30 years ago (mine started at 23) it’s at l4/5 & had never gone away. I’m fused half way up my back to my sacrum & im bent over & have dreadful spasms in my mid-upper back. I have all the referred pain from si joint it’s different from sciatic . The sciatic goes from lower back to along top of buttock then into buttock down back of leg then don’t front then front of foot to toes. The SI starts on similar path (but from joint) then goes to groin down femoral nerve then back of lower leg to ankle (like a vice at times ) then under my foot. I can barely walk, I have constant pain, numbness, pins/needles weakness to point of leg giving way- basically a disaster. My skin is thin at lower back from steroid injections & again don’t get much relief. My hip area hurts on both sides & my surgeon used to give injections that felt went into joints - ie hip area, but he retired & im now given less aggressive ones like for bursitis. I’m told I don’t have it but I can’t lie on left side 🤷‍♀️the more deeper injections helped a bit in that area, but no one seems to know what I’m talking abt. My surgeon said the hip area pain was linked to SI joint pain 🤷‍♀️ soz for essay but any suggestions coveted! Take care all- this pain is awful for us all especially when meds are not always given especially when you know it’s not in your head! Blessings anyway 🙏🏻🥰

This is happening to me right now. I have tingling running into my leg, from the SI joint inflammation. I am failing with the osteopath and the doctors don’t seem to recognise this as an issue. I have soreness over the joint and the nerve irritation mirrors sciatica.

Mam I'm a final year mbbs student i suffered herniated disc 2 year ago but in these days i have si joint pain which rediate fingers of foot pls tell me how much time taken heal this and sciatica symptoms goes out

Does insurance (USA obviously) cover these injections? My guess is they dont, especially if this cant be seen typically on an MRI. Anyone have experience with this?

I have had lower back pain and burning down my right get (worse with time) since I was a kid. I'm 65. Could extremely had physical work in child hood cause this. And can it be fixed. I have had MRI ect. Nothing shows up?

I’ve been to 4 physical therapist, 1 chiro, and have been seeing an Orthopedic Dr out of Rush Chicago. MRI shows “arthritis” but nothing else. I’ve had multiple injections to no relief. I have no sciatica, just major tightness and also feels like there’s something wrong structurally to my back. Especially when lifting anything. This has not even been brought up. They’re sending me for an SI injection next but only because they don’t know. It’s been 2 yesrs

Do you have location in Dallas?

What exam can reveal this problem? I had THR in 2017. Fell last year on my hips and lower back. The fall caused me pain and discomfort in both hips and lower back. An EMG/NVC showed three Pinched Nerves, my pain is also in my groin and the back of my hips, which I have never had before, even when I had my left THR in 2017. No one can figure out what's wrong and I sleep about 2 to 4 hrs and sometime not at all. I think something happened to my Femoral and Obturator Nerves or the ligaments in the areas.. And yet no one believes me. MRI and Ultrasound shows nothing. I need a CAT Scan and my Orthopedic Surgeon doesn't believe it's necessary.

Do you think prolotherapy would help an sprained ankle that hasn’t healed since 6 months ago? If so how soon would you see the results?

Hey! Going in for PRP on both SI joints. Had steroid injections, with no effect. Question; will the SI joint PRP injections actually treat the joint aswell as the ligaments comprehensively? Or would they be seperate procedures? Thank you!!

I"m currently doing pt for my si joint pain i've had the pain for 2 years didn't get immediate treatment due to covid. My physcial therapist tld me yesterday i have an interesting case , my si is feeling better but in that one spot its staying there 4 visits already maybe i'm expecting too much too soon idk.

Am at my wits end to the point of suicide . I can’t sit stand or lay down without excruciating debilitating crippling severe brutal agonizing pain 😭😖😫 Tried almost everything no damage is ever shown and steroid injections in my SI made it 1000% worse ! Is prolotherapy really my next option? Thank you

How do you know the condition of the ligaments for sure? My pain is severe around SI, pelvic bone does not stay where it should, pain radiates to hip and groin making it very difficult to walk. Pain management wants me to get a new MRI, but I’ve had this issue for years now…with two lumbar MRIs being done previously….and of course they just look at the report and can’t read the images themselves. I just need to know how to confirm everything first before I figure out where to go from here. Physical therapy made things much worse and so did chiropractic.

I wish they’d talk more about nutrition. I started taking collagen, hoping to strengthen tendons & ligaments throughout the body.

How can ligament issues be diagnosed? Would imaging see issues of this type?

Sports massage can help!

Yeah, then what do you do when prolotherapy doesn't work? I'm on a highway to SI fusion, might have 2 last ditch options of ablation and fixing a leg discrepancy, but who knows if that will help...

do you think that an extreme sedentary lifestyle can weaken all the structures there and cause the dysfunction? Likewise, will regular exercise correct it?

Can this some how radiate to your shoulder blade and arm ,because I here my leg and back ,,was told I needed physical therapy ,,but now I'm getting the same pain in my arm and shoulderblade

What is better for SI ligaments, PRP or Prolotherapy ? Thanks, IS PRP better ? Thanks

I've got fibromyalgia and Ehlers Danlos and sacroilitis in both hips now I've got osteoarthritis in my hands feet and knees, I can stretch extremely well but my joints feel like they're stuck, locked up or click out of place, and and I'm wearing orthotics because I have two propinated ankles with completely flat feet, can I do anything about any of it without painkillers? I've been at it 21 years and I'm only 42. I feel jerky when I walk. I miss walking for miles 😢 lucky if I can get my shoes on. I get bad paraesthesia in my left hip too.

I have the same symptoms. Nothing is found in mri...I am unable to play as pain goes down in side leg. Also pain in lower side back.How can it be corrected

I have had pain for decades I have had epidurals at least 7 over years acupuncture chiropractor PT I have pain that travels I also have RSD of L lower leg ankle/foot with limited range of motion my foot was paralyzed for a period of 5-6 months I have severe to mild pain chronically and I use diclofenac for pain which helps but if I didn’t have that I would be in a lot of pain I wish someone could fix it I like to paddle board and horse back ride and swim and bicycle I garden a lot too how can I stop this pain

Hey dr! Urgent question Can one have an si joint dyfunction or si joint stability? Without any physical examination test sign being shown positive? Because i have all the symptoms of an si joint dysfunction. I have aching around my si joint, i have aching around glutes medius, and if i sit down for too long aching can increase If i increase my daily activities, the aching will increase. Even from time to time my do feel clicks/pops in my si joint area If i jerk and skip on my right leg, which is my affected side i feel like an almost sprain feeling. When i do "Child's pose" stretches i feel tightness and stretched feeling around that si joint area. But my physical therapist did si joint dysfunction tests on me, it showed no sign of positiveness So i'm very confusedand frustrated I'm planning to have prp prolotherapy but i need to clinically diagnose it So can i deteremine i have si joint dysfunction, without relying on the physical examination test since all the symptoms above i mentioned links directly to si joint dysfuntion. Or Maybe it is si joint ligament laxity?

could it be caused by the way you walk the way your foot is hiting the ground look at the back of your shoe see if the outside is worn more than the other side.. kinda like a tire on your car

For how long after SI joint prolotherapy injection should take rest? Thank you.

What kind of doctor or facility offers Prolotherapy/PRP injections? I live in southern US.

It would be great to get some honest patient feedback NOT sponsored by phyios or surgeons. Can somebody please advise if they have had prolotherapy and did they go with it?

is it best to go to a chiro, get si rotated into place then go to the clinic for prolo so it stiffens the sis in alignment?

i wish you were in Turkey, Istanbul

Hey Dr. Danielle. If there is not pain with the physical tests, but I do feel instability, it’s still possible to have a SI dysfunction?

Is there a way to get insurance to cover prolotherapy?

How do you get diagnosed?? Thankyou for this video

I only have pain in my butt. How long does it take to feel a reduction in pain after PRP?

Is this treatment covered by insurance normally?

What is the injection called

Can this help, even if I have been in so much pain for 4.5 years?

Please anyone, what type of test can reveal my injuries?

isometric exercises are best for strengthening and thickening tendons and ligaments. Take glycine and vitamin c and work towards holding an position/exercise for 5 minutes.

Dr want to replace hip and I think it's si joint. I'm in PT.

How on earth can you get a diagnosis if mri came back normal

So there's no other way to help the ligaments heal other then injection? Doesn't sound like a helpful long term way to heal the body.

So what's in the needle

Hey Doc, is Prolo a placebo effect?

How could an SI fusion stop a chronic inflammatory disease?

Will medicare pay for prolotherapy treatment?

This is my life

The injection for pain is temporary for that reason don't like putting so my preferred is physical therapy with massages better idea

That's a really sad picture you got there

key word. "build muscle"

HOW rare is it to have SI Joint Defunction bilaterally?