Chiropractic Care Effective for Lumbar Problems and the SI Joint

We see a good number of patients with back pain in our Harrisburg office, and Blake Chiropractic & Rehabilitation finds that many cases of back issues originate in the sacroiliac (SI) joint. Investigation has demonstrated that about twenty-five percent of all back pain begins in the SI joint, and now new research ratifies what we see in our office: chiropractic is an effective way to treat this issue.

Research Shows Chiropractic Adjustments Helps Increase Movement in the SI Joint

In the study published in the Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, 32 women who suffered from sacroiliac joint dysfunction were split into two groups and asked to participate in one of two treatment therapies. The first group was given a chiropractic adjustment isolated to the sacroiliac joint, and the alternate group received an adjustment to the sacroiliac joint and the lumbar spine.

Specialists noticed greater improvements in both pain and movement immediately after treatment, two days post-treatment, and 30 days later for the group who had been given high-velocity low-amplitude manipulation to both the sacroiliac joint and the lumbar spine. This asserts that chiropractic treatment administered in these two areas offers both prompt and long term results for sacroiliac joint pain sufferers even after only one treatment round.

Therefore, if you are suffering with sacroiliac joint problems, or live with back and leg issues and are ready to know if your sacroiliac joint is the cause, a visit to our Harrisburg office may be the first and best step towards recovery. Give our office a call today at (717) 657-2561.

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.