Postpartum SI Joint Dysfunction

[Anonymous]

Wondering if anyone has suffered from serious SI joint dysfunction postpartum and who you saw for it.
I have had this issue for around 4 years (2nd kid is now 18 months) and nothing I have tried has worked.
I used to rely on specific stretches which did provide temporary relief, but those haven't been working for a while. I have been in PT for 4 months and after little relief and a terrible episode where I couldn't walk for a day, I finally got a cortisone injection for it. While that provided some relief for 3-4 weeks, I'm back to being in pain and I know it will soon be painful to walk again.

If you have any recs for someone to see, I'm all ears. I'm a little fearful of chiropractors, but at this point I may go to one if they can help.

[Anonymous]

You need to get an MRI with contrast to see if its a labral tear. I had a bad one and needed surgery. Getting a trainer to help strengthen hip and core muscles and stability really helped me with general SI issues.

[Anonymous]

So sorry. I had the same thing after my second - was told it would go away after delivery, and it did not. What helped was seeing an excellent massage therapist who focuses on my psoas muscle - I think I had one session with her, and two sessions with an osteopath who focused on joint manipulation and body work. Neither are in this area but once I found people who knew what they were doing it was a fast fix. Funnily enough I did have surgery to repair a torn labrum about 5 years after that.

[Anonymous]

I had SI joint issues. Honestly, what helped me the most was Katy Bowman, who is a biomechanist with online programs and books. PTs and doctors didn’t do sh!t.

If you check out her stuff, here’s what helped me:
-learning to untuck pelvis and drop ribs
-less sitting/sitting correctly (so you’re not sitting on your sacrum)
- learning to squat properly, with an untucked pelvis and vertical shins
-all of her other glute/pelvis strengthening exercises, like pelvic list, squats/lunges done the way she recommends, single leg strengthening exercises (single leg forward bend, single leg squat, arabesque)

The key is doing them properly so you’re strengthening your pelvis and flutes, not your legs.