Back Pain and the SI Joint

We help a lot of men and women with back pain in our Boardman office, and Dr. Carradine has noticed that quite a few cases of back pain stem from the sacroiliac (SI) joint. Investigation has demonstrated that about twenty-five percent of all back pain starts out in the SI joint, and now fresh research corroborates what we see in our office: chiropractic is an effective method for treating this pain.

Research Shows Chiropractic Treatment Helps Increase Movement in the SI Joint

In the study published in the Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, 32 women with sacroiliac joint dysfunction were separated into two groups and asked to participate in one of two treatment methods. The first group received a chiropractic adjustment isolated to the sacroiliac joint, and the second group received an adjustment to the sacroiliac joint as well as the lumbar spine.

Specialists found significantly more improvements in both pain and movement immediately after treatment, two days post-treatment, and 30 days later for the individuals who had been given high-velocity low-amplitude manipulation to both the sacroiliac joint and the lumbar spine. This demonstrates that chiropractic therapy administered in these two areas offers both prompt and long term benefits for sacroiliac joint pain sufferers even after just a single treatment session.

So, if you are dealing with sacroiliac joint pain, or cope with back and leg pain and want to find out whether your sacroiliac joint is the source, a consultation at our Boardman office could be the first and best step towards recovery. Give our office a call today at (330) 758-4446.

Kamali F, Shokri E. The effect of two manipulative therapy techniques and their outcome in patients with sacroiliac joint syndrome. Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies 2012;16(1):29-35.