Chiropractic Helps Relieve Low Back Problems and the SI Joint

We see a lot of people with back issues in our Coraopolis office, and Moon Chiropractic finds that quite a few cases of back problems start in the sacroiliac (SI) joint. Investigation shows that around one quarter of all back pain starts out in the SI joint, and now new research corroborates what we see in our office: chiropractic is an effective way to treat this pain.

Research Shows Chiropractic Adjustments Helps Increase Movement in the SI Joint

In the study released in the Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, 32 women with sacroiliac joint syndrome were split into two groups and asked to take part in one of two treatment methods. one group received a chiropractic adjustment only at the sacroiliac joint, and the alternate group got an adjustment to the sacroiliac joint and the lumbar spine.

Scientists observed greater improvements in both pain and movement immediately following treatment, two days post-treatment, and 30 days after for the group who underwent high-velocity low-amplitude manipulation to both the sacroiliac joint and the lumbar spine. This demonstrates that chiropractic manipulation administered in these two areas offers both prompt and continuing results for sacroiliac joint pain sufferers even after just one treatment session.

Therefore, if you are dealing with sacroiliac joint problems, or have back and leg pain and would like to find out whether your sacroiliac joint is the source, a visit to our Coraopolis office may be the first and best step towards improvement. Give our office a call today at (724) 513-0521.

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.