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@denisejones00 Would you be willing to share who the dr is. I've seen so many and they just make me worse, but no one has been one show is an SI specialist.
I just need help at this point. I'll go anywhere as my SI is complex.

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@emptygelcap The doctors that I went to for help aren’t SI specialists. They are doctors who know how to manipulate the spine and SI joint to put it in the correct position if twisted. The two that helped me were located in Roanoke Va. and Salem, Va. The one in Salem VA is a MD Internist, Sports Medicine doctor. The other is in Roanoke and he is a DO (dr of osteopathy.). It can take many visits. They would manipulate my body and send we off for physical therapy/exercises/yoga in an effort to get my body stronger so that new muscles developed would hold their corrections. The process takes months/years of intensive exercising to work. Also pelvic floor exercises/therapy was incorporated. I have had murmurous MRI’s as well. If scoliosis is a component of the problem it makes it much more difficult to maintain their corrections. I have researched SI joints for several years. On thing I learned for myself is that I would never let a doctor fuse by SI joint to keep it in place. I read of too many people who regret that decision and live in terrible pain that is permanent!! For me I will continue my path of manipulation and building muscle by exercising. My pain isn’t gone by any stretch but it is much better. Hoping you can find help. Ps know that cortisone shots are damaging to muscles/ligaments that are attached to the SI Joint. I have had 3 over my journey for wellness and will have no more. I use Willow Patches and take ibuprofen, magnesium and naproxen…..all with food to protect my stomach lining. It’s a process and am thankful for Drs who know manipulation!!