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.
In 2016, I was in a serious car accident. I was stopped at a red light and was rear-ended. My seat belt locked but my air bag did not deploy.
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I moved to Alaska in 2019 and began to see a chiropractor. He targeted L3-4 and L4-5 on exam. He sent me to pain management for an ESI (epidural steroid injection) into my lumbar spine. This was helpful in relieving my pain, and I subsequently had a lumbar fusion in 2020.
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In June 2020, I finally went to see my primary care physician. He thought I most likely had a disc issue and sent me for an MRI and to pain management.
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In 2017, I found an SI joint fusion surgeon. After our consultation, he offered me an anterior cervical fusion and sent me for an SI joint injection. The SI joint injection relieved my groin pain for several days.
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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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My back pain started 30 years ago while I was working out at the gym on the hamstring curl machine. I felt a pop and had a sudden sharp pain in my left lower back.
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Catherine began experiencing SI joint pain on both sides. In the summer of 2010, Catherine's SI joint pain became increasingly worse...
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Her pain had become much worse and Susie found it difficult to walk and sleep. She had to give up kayaking because she could no longer sit for long periods of time.
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Kelly was rear-ended by a vehicle while stopped at a red light. She recalls experiencing a severe headache, neck strain, shoulder, back, hip and left leg pain.
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In 2013 my pain started to change. It felt like a sharp stabbing and burning sensation in my low back and hips.
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I felt a pulling sensation on the right side of my lower back, but assumed It was a just a strained muscle.
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