A young woman briskly traverses the stairs, downwards to the kitchen. Near the bottom she slips, falling firmly onto her buttocks. She’s more startled than anything, arising and getting on with her day. However, she later notices pain in the right side of her pelvis when her weight is substantially shifted to her right leg and when she sits crossed legged on the floor during stretching. She also notes right gluteal pain when rotating her leg inwards and outwards. She hopes that the symptoms spontaneously resolve soon so as to not interfere with caring for her newborn and her body reshaping program.

Upon visiting her doctor, he finds no problems on x-ray. He informed her that normal hormone induced laxity of pelvic ligaments during late pregnancy, followed by the trauma (fall) resulted in some sacroiliac joint dysfunction. The stability of the joints between the sacrum and pelvic bones is provided by ligaments, no muscles directly support the SI joints.

Some important conservative care include restricted activity (avoid that which aggravates your condition), deep massage if there is an apparent occasional painful locking of the joints, flexibility exercises to engage the soft tissue as it heals. Deep heat and ice application will provide analgesia and promote circulation. You may address pain with oral OTC and prescription medicines, or preferred herbal analgesics. The target tissues are often too deep for topical medicated rubs.

Contact us with specific questions regarding contemporary assessment and management of sacroiliac joint injuries.

Whether you want to reduce back stress or fatigue or stimulate your blood circulation, an inversion table makes a great household accessory. An inversion table contributes to your body’s overall health via lumbar traction, relieving pressure . . . . . (follow link for complete article)

In America, opium was sold legally and conveniently and at low prices throughout the nineteenth century. Morphine came into common use during the Civil War for management of pain, heroin toward the end of the century. These opiates and countless pharmaceutical preparations of similar products were as freely accessible as our numerous over the counter products today. Five regular portals of legal distribution included:
• Physicians.
• Drugstores that provided products with and without prescriptions.
• Grocery and general stores stocked and sold opiates.
• Opiates that could be ordered by mail.
• Opium and morphine as common ingredients in hundreds of proprietary medicines and other products.
Most of the opium consumed in the United States during the nineteenth century was legally imported. Morphine was legally manufactured here from the imported opium and opium poppies were also legally grown within the United States.
Alternative herbs and medicines for pain care often face tremendous community opposition. Some would say rightfully so, because we now know better and do better by our population. But, if such were true we would make cigarettes and liquor illegal given all of the injury and disease associated with these products.

Effective and appropriate alternative pain management is a matter of perspective and merits our support.

Spinal Inversion-traction for Pain Relief. by Dean

Do you think hanging upside down to relieve back pain is unusual, or a new-age approach? Reconsider your perceptions. Inversion probably goes back to the dawn of documented human medical care.

19 elements of your foot and back pain treatment plan. by Douglas

A patient presents for pain management. This is the initial visit.

Alternative pain management pathways. by Douglas

You are aware that there are various means to address low back pain. As alternatives may differ substantially,  . . . . .

Work-related low back pain and alternative treatment. by Douglas

You hurt your back at work and are not sure what to do. If your symptoms are not localized or are incapacitating regarding your ability to work, what will you do?

Cure my low back pain by nailing it back together? by Douglas

You present to your primary care physician in the following manner.  Chief complaint - low back pain.

Cure your low back pain. It is all in your mind. by Douglas

While causes of back pain may not be all in the mind, experiencing the symptoms is all in the mind. That is to say, in the absence of a neural connection between that which you are experiencing in your back and signals transmitted to your brain, there would be no pain (i.e., if a tree fell in the woods all alone, did it make noise?).

Alternative Pain Management | Cure your pain. by Douglas

People present to clinicians every day with the objective of management. Presuming the validity of the pain, consider the following treatment options.