Chiropractic Care Treats Low Back Problems and the SI Joint

We help a lot of patients with back discomfort in our Stacy office, and Dr. Ulvin has noticed that many cases of back discomfort start in the sacroiliac (SI) joint. Investigation has demonstrated that roughly twenty-five percent of all back pain starts out in the SI joint, and now new research confirms what we have observed in our clinic: chiropractic is an effective way to treat this problem.

Research Proves Chiropractic Therapy Can Help Increase Movement in the SI Joint

In the study published in the Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, thirty-two women with sacroiliac joint syndrome were split into two groups and asked to engage in one of two treatment therapies. The first group was given a chiropractic adjustment only at the sacroiliac joint, and the second group received an adjustment to the sacroiliac joint as well as the lumbar spine.

Specialists observed greater improvements in both pain and movement immediately following treatment, two days later, and 30 days after for the patients who received high-velocity low-amplitude manipulation to both the sacroiliac joint and the lumbar spine. This suggests that chiropractic manipulation applied to these two areas offers both prompt and lasting benefits for sacroiliac joint pain sufferers even with just one treatment session.

So, if you are having trouble with sacroiliac joint problems, or have back and leg discomfort and want to see if your sacroiliac joint is the root, a visit to our Stacy office could be the first and best step towards improvement. Give our office a call today at (651) 462-3243.

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.