Sacral Pain

Tailbone or Lower Hip Pain When Seated

People complain of pain in the tailbone while seated for long periods. Usually, it bothers them after a long drive in the car or sitting in a theater for long periods. Often, they have a unique pillow that prevents pressing on the tailbone, but it doesn’t help. People may also complain of pain around the […]

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Pain Through the Hip Joint when Standing on One Foot

People complain of hip pain when they stand on one foot. Some people describe it as feeling like the SI joint is unhinged. Others will complain that getting out of the car or standing up from a chair is difficult. So instead, they tend to turn and stand on both legs. This approach is more

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Pain in the Sacrum or Crest of the Hip When Sleeping on Side

These people reach back and put a fist on the sacrum in the center of their hips, just below the beltline and say. “It hurts right here.” They go through explanations of wanting to sleep on that side but wake with aching pain in the middle of their hips. They often explain that they have

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Wide Band of Pain Across the Top of the Hips

Band over Hips These people complain of a band of pain across the top of their hips. As usual, I ask them to be specific. Is it all the way across your hips? Is it a small strip in the middle? Several patterns in this area produce similar pain patterns. They open their fingers a few

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Fragile Low Back with SI Joint Pain

These people complain of sharp pain in the low back, as well as pain in the sacroiliac joint.  This combination makes the low back feel fragile and unstable. This pattern is a combination of trigger points in two different muscles that become activated together. On the one hand, multifidi creates an intense, fragile feeling in the vertebrae.

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Pain Along One Side of the Sacrum

These people complain of pain up and down their sacrum on one side. When I ask where it hurts, they straighten their fingers and place their index and thumb along their sacrum, slightly to one side. They complain of pain when bending forward. It may be dull or sharp, depending on how long they have let it

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