Hello,
please can you help me with SI joint pain that I am having from March 2018 until now August 2018… ?
This pain started after being sick and starting training pretty heavy lift (deadlift) afterwards…- I think this was the starter of the pain. The pain is located on left side near SI joint- reaching to upper left gluteus and to left lower back (paravertebral muscle). The lower portion of left paravertebral muscle is really stiff (spasmatic). Right lower paravertebral is totally fine. The worst are the mornings- I feel stiffness and pain in areas mentioned. During the day it gets better.
Afterwards the pain was really strong I stoped squats, deadlifts… Now during summer- July the pain got much better. I do everything now except deadlifts. MRI scan of my lower back showed that everything is okey in the lower back- intervertebral discs are fine and also vertebrae are fine…
I tried to use massage ball for that painy are- helps a little.
I think this is SI joint problem because pain located in that area, lower back is okey (according to MRI), SI joint pain really exists among athletes, and because I do not have another explanation for the pain…
Sorry to hear about your difficulty. Even though you are experiencing pain in that area, I would not automatically attribute this sort of thing to a particular joint, or to your perception of “spasms”. It’s great news that everything in your back appears to be normal by MRI imaging.
Have you listened/read much of our content on managing pain and injury before? I would start with episodes 19 and 20 of our podcast first, as well as this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdwj5ORPmX0
The next step is to find a way that you can train with minimal discomfort (for example, is there a particular range of motion you can deadlift from as a block pull/rack pull? Or have you tried switching deadlift stance from conventional to sumo, or vice versa?)
This is usually a load management issue, so we need to get you below the threshold where your back is sensitive and work our way up gradually from there.
Thank you very much for your answer.
I will listen to your podcast and watch the video.
I do now everything except deadlift. I tried to do some light deadlifts and it seemed okey. I also switched more to sumo stance- felt better currently. I do not do deadlift now, thinking that I should let it heal or wait until pain is gone. I did light squats yesterday and it felt okey during it.
