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Cathy

SI Buddy Cathy
SI Joint Degeneration

Cathy’s daily activities began to decline due to her lower back pain. She began having more difficulty moving from a sitting position to standing.

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Jeffrey

SI Buddy Jeffrey
SI Joint Trauma

I fell off a step ladder while doing some work at my mother in law’s home. I fell backward and landed hard on my buttocks.

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Andi

SI Buddy Andi
Prior Lumbar Fusion

Andi was involved in three car accidents that resulted in lower back pain.

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Janice

SI Buddy Janice
SI Joint Degeneration

Janice was bending over a laundry basket trying to untangle and remove clothes from an over-filled dryer when she began experiencing intense pain in her lower back and the right side of her buttocks.

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Larry M

SI Buddy Larry M
Prior Lumbar Fusion

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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Catherine

SI Buddy Catherine
SI Joint Degeneration

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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Rebecca

SI Buddy Rebecca
SI Joint Trauma

Rebecca’s car was rear ended while she was stopped at a red light in 2010. She sought immediate medical attention because she felt severe low back pain upon impact. 

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Kady

SI Buddy Kady
SI Joint Trauma

Kady was teaching a Zumba class and noticed an increase in her low back pain. She also experienced a new pain in the front of her right hip, with shooting pain down the outside of her right leg.

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Don

SI Buddy Don
SI Joint Degeneration

Don started experiencing moderate SI joint pain that began about twenty-five years ago. He recalls the pain beginning in his lower back and right hip.

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Susie

SI Buddy Susie
SI Joint Degeneration

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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Trisha

SI Buddy Trisha
Pregnancy Related

My lower back pain never completely went away after my delivery. It would get better and get worse, but it never went away.

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Lisa

SI Buddy Lisa photo
SI Joint Degeneration

Lisa's low back and buttock pain persisted despite steroid injections and physical therapy.

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