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I have had bilateral sacroiliitis for several years now and Praise the Lord!!! I did get my problems resolved. I went to physical therapy off and on for 3 1/2 years with some help but my pelvis managed to stay "out of alignment" most of the time. At the same time as this, I have been suffering through severe functional GI disorders that have been quite debilitating. My Mayo GI doctor, Dr. Picco in Jacksonville, and I discussed the pain from my SI joint issues and he said because of the stress my body was already in from the GI problems he felt we needed to take care of all of my other issues. Thus, I went to Dr. Osborne at Mayo in Jacksonville, he is a pain medicine doctor. Dr. Osborne did two different injections series and things have been pretty good since then. I have to be careful with how I sleep especially, ie laying on my side means I need a pillow between my knees and I have to make sure I am aligned fairly straight when I sleep. I am also careful to stand straight, not leaning to one side or the other, and to sit straigth when I am having problems. I am careful to not do any "one-sided" exercises also. I try to keep even pressure on both sides so as to not pull myself out. My awesome physical therapits, Wade Rinehart in Lynn Haven, FL, taught me all of these procedures.
And thankfully, for the first time in years, I can now run without pain. I am working on running 4 miles a day, right now I run and walk my 4 miles.
Hope this helps.
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Wow, what a lot of challenges you have faced, but that is simply wonderful that you can run again. Thanks for those tips, especially not stressing one side more than another. My physical therapist suggested wearing a si joint "belt" to stabilize the pelvis while exercising, hiking, house cleaning, vacuuming. I think it does help. Since making the original post, I have seen my physical therapist, who said a vertebrae in my lower back, L4, had rotated out of alignment, and this was causing my back to spasm and also creating stress on my SI Joint. She gave me an adjustment and we have been working on stretching out the muscles that got pulled during the misalignment. My pain is 70% better, so that is promising. I have a special congenital condition called Bertolotti's syndrome ( congenital misalignment of L5, partial fusion there to the sacrum joint). My twin sister also has had SI joint problems and it took her two years to get better--she needed to find a physical therapist who recognized it was an si joint issue not lower back issue.
Thanks so much for your suggestions and all the best!!!