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Maybe using the wrong word. The chiro says the hip joint is going forward and when she pushes on the area, I can feel it click into place and the pain is better. When the hip is out of place, my shoulder is higher on that side and my husband comments on that. I've done 3 rounds of PT and this is new. I will see how it goes. I see the chiro again in 2 weeks or sooner. She did ask me if I have anymore PT appointments, which I don't, but can talk to my doc to refer me again or ask if she wants to refer me to orthopedics for a consult. I have L5-S1 spondylolysis and no surgeon will fix it. Tired of living in pain and no doctor wants to help me. Thanks for the information.
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daisy, I may have the same thing without the THA. The hip joint is the ball joint where the femur head rotates. Another joint the SI joint is often called the hip joint. With the SI joint adjustment you are lying on one side and the chiropractor pressures the ilium at the bottom of the the buttox. The hip adjustment is usually a leg pull.
When the SI is misaligned, my whole right side goes. One shoulder is higher. It makes my right leg slightly shorter. I usually see the chiropractor a couple of times a week. I'm in the office for about seven minutes.
There are movements that incite the rotation. Unfortunately, one is sitting. Another more fortunate is bending over. There are exercises to strengthen the muscles, but I haven't had success with them. And some people can adjust their own hip, not me. https://www.youtube.com/@PositiveMotionChiro
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Well, I have good news for you - something like 75-80% of the population has a hip that goes forward or backward out of alignment, so you are in good company. And there are dozens, if not hundreds, of stretches and exercises that can encourage it to stay where it belongs - the chiro adjustment is only temporary unless you do those.
The other thing to know is that surgeons seldom will operate for spondylolysis, so your docs are in good company (https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/10303-spondylolysis). But there are conservative measures that work. And as many as half of spinal surgery patients still have back pain afterward, so it is not necessarily a cure-all. (For the record, I have spinal arthritis and stenosis instead of spondylolysis, but the pain is the same.)
I stand with my earlier recommendation - rehabilitative PT - the kind done one-on-one for complex, traumatic or difficult to resolve issues. The good news is, it will work to reduce or eliminate pain. The "bad news" is, there is no magic involved just some hard work by you - every day until you are better, then several times a week of maintenance exercise and stretching for the rest of your life.
Are you ready to take control?
Sue