SI Joint
The sacroiliac (SI) joint connects the sacrum to the ilium in the pelvis, providing stability and transferring forces between the spine and the lower body. Dysfunction or injury to the SI joint can result in lower back pain, buttock pain, and radiating discomfort into the legs.
Subscribe to the BlogFiguring Out a Complex Patient with an SI Joint Cyst: Interventional Orthopedics
Should we perform a low back or SI joint fusion on an active young woman just because we don’t know why she hurts? SR is a 15 year old cheerleader who was referred to our clinic because of severe and disabling low back pain. She went from a competitive cheerleader to being in severe pain, unable to walk without…read more
SI Joint Pain after Low Back Fusion
Low back fusions are a big problem. While a few patients who get their back fused really need the procedure to control serious instability, most patients get their back fused to help control pain. Recent controversies surrounding things like BMP drugs to promote fusion (which cause sterility in men), the fact that we American doctors fuse…read more 
