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Facet Joint Injections - Anyone had success?
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I had a total of six shots to help with lower back pain. After 24 hours, no change. I spoke with pain management and was met with a PA. The first thing was to see how I felt about a pain stimulator. I ask her if I could go over all my symptoms. Pain in both sides in my lower back. Pain now extends to my buttocks including my groin. Symptoms are at their worst getting out of bed in the morning. Issues with rotating my hips and rolling over in bed. I told about my research with SI joint issues. She agreed that the symptoms were similar to low back issues.
I am going forward with shots to the pelvic region on both sides. Hoping the shots will work
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@gkissick Have you worked with a physical therapist? It's very common to have laxity in the SI joints and have the pelvis go out of alignment. That does cause pain like you describe. I have this shifting in my pelvis and my therapist showed me some ways to level it out. A physical therapist will determine if the illium bones are twisted forward or inwards. It kind of makes it like one leg is too long when it's off, and when that happens to me, I get low back pain on one side of my spine. I haven't done shots, and I hope you find relief.