Diagnosing SI joint pain includes a physical exam of the SI joint, spine, hips and pelvis, provocative tests, and diagnostic injections.
The iFuse triangle-shaped implant has been designed specifically for the SI joint.
The iFuse Implant is the only device for treatment of SI joint dysfunction that is supported by significant published clinical evidence.
As with other joints in the body, the SI joint can become damaged from trauma, degeneration and everyday wear and tear.
I imagine that the wear and tear of my career has contributed to my lower back pain for the past 10 years. Several years ago, I started to develop increasing lower back pain.
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I fell off a roof when I was younger and landed striking my left buttock on a metal fence post. I began having pain in the lower back and buttock, mostly on the left side, after that fall.
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I decided to go back to my PCP at the end of 2016. I had a constant annoying ache that varied in intensity from day to day and with my activity level. I was prescribed Flexeril and prescription strength ibuprofen. In July of 2017, my pain changed.
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July 2020, I had a right SI joint fusion utilizing the iFuse Implant System. My pain relief was gradual.
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Larry didn’t recall a specific event that first triggered his SI joint pain but he believes that his previous lumbar fusion surgeries may have stressed his sacroiliac joint.
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Keith was the passenger in a car that was broadsided in the late 1980’s. While Keith was not seriously injured, he did start to notice episodes of low back pain.
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There was no single event that triggered Richard’s SI joint pain, but he believes that his years of waterskiing contributed to his degenerative sacroiliitis.
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