First-time poster searched through previous posts regarding sacroiliac joint and didn’t find many results, so apologies if this is a common topic.
A little background, I am a 26-year-old male who has been messing around with general physical fitness for a few years now (3-4 years) and only recently taken my barbell training a bit more seriously the past year. I ran Greg Nuckols’ linear progression plan and got my lifts to a 285 3x3 squat. 305 3x3 deadlift and a 210 3x3 bench. Before lifting I’ve always leaned toward more endurance training activities like cross-country and road cycling, however, since my current job has me putting plenty of steps in reaching toward the 10-18 miles daily I don’t find much enjoyment from those activities anymore.
This kind of ties into my goals as I realized one of the best ways to improve my performance at work was to get stronger to make lifting at work easier. Soon enough I found a great interest in strength training.
I recently purchased BBM’s Strength 1 Template and completed week 1, it was a nice low-stress entry week. until I got to the 8 rep 3:0:3 squats. On other programs that I wasn’t able to adhere to for any great length of time, one of the biggest problems in my training is/was ridiculous amounts of S.I joint Pressure / Pain.
Any great period of time underneath the bar in my squat pattern 5 reps or more, whether high bar or low bar, I get done with a set and literally cannot resist the urge to self-crack my S.I joint. The pressure gets to just bother me like crazy. I’ve been to a chiropractor a few times for this issue to see if it would permanently fix the issue but didn’t have any luck. I’ve tried messing with foot angles and a few other variables with no success.
If anyone could provide some insight on how to address this issue, I would greatly appreciate it. I cannot imagine that self-correcting after each squat session will do my back a lot of good in the long run but I’m no expert. In my head, this must be a technical issue that I can’t pinpoint.
I suspect if you adjust loading to tolerance and try to minimize focusing on the experience, then you will notice improvement over time. However, we’d need an individual consultation with you to provide specific recommendations for management. We do offer remote consultations. If you are interested, please complete our intake paperwork HERE.