Sacroilliac joint

[Black Knight]

After yet another lower back pain episode, my physio has diagnosed a sticking sacroilliac joint-right side worse than left which has been giving me all kinds of grief for a few years on and off.
Anybody here suffer and manage to train round it, any tips?
I think Vegan and Knighty have had similar problems?

[Tricky]

no, i always thought that was much more prevalent in women...you big nancy! :046:

Dont do this without better informed opinion but id have thought building up muscles around the area wouldnt hurt i.e pullthorughs in lumbar kyphosis and gms...

[Knighty]

To be honest mate, I had to stop training all together...others could probably have trained around it, but I couldn't

The best decision I made was to see a chiropractor who could realign me into the correct position, and check for any underlying problems (Find out WHY you're having SI joint problem)

SIJ dysfunction is a speciality for most chiropractors, so it'll definately be money well spent

Also look into pilates, that stuff helped me rehab and maintain my good alignment

[Black Knight]

I had a follow up physio appt. yesterday as I was getting pains/discomfort in my upper glute/hip area. Physio reckoned on two imediate problems. Firstly the SI joint was still playing up and the spasming of musculature had pulled my pelvis out of line-this he was able to manipulate back and it has been better since though some niggling pain remains.

Secondly and probably more importantly he reckoned that i was relying far too much on the erector muscles just in standing and that my obliques and other core musculature were doing very little. He has recommended some very subtle core exercises whereby you try to engage the deep lying muscles to *'suck your belly button in and flatten the back by tilting the pubic bone upwards'. Easier to do than describe and its easier to do whilst lying on my back. I have some follow up appoints. to come.

Now, is this position* what is sometimes referred to as 'neutral spine'?

Are there any other complemntary exercises I can do?

He said I was ok to do weights as long as there was no excessive straining :023:

[PikeKing]

over worked and over active erectors are pretty common in lifters and non lifters a like.

as u are now aware, this can cause problems.

the exercises you are doing sound good, neutral spine is er neutral, like text book posture, nobody has it, every body is trying to achieve it

[Black Knight]

over worked and over active erectors are pretty common in lifters and non lifters a like.

as u are now aware, this can cause problems.

the exercises you are doing sound good, neutral spine is er neutral, like text book posture, nobody has it, every body is trying to achieve it

I trained squats the other night, high bar, narrow stance atg style but not heavy as Im determined to take it easy.
Worked upto several sets of 100x6 and then 3 sets where I paused them at the bottom position. I made a concious effort at all times to engage 'neutral' spine rather than arching the **** out of my lower back like I usually do and the result was a much smoother descent and a more 'natural' feel at the bottom.
Day after and no twinges or pain of any kind in my back but hellish doms in my hams which is very rare for me-interesting!