Chiropractic Therapy Effective for Lumbar Issues and the Sacroiliac Joint

We treat a large number of men and women with back discomfort in our Arlington office, and Jefferson Spine & Injury Center finds that quite a few cases of back issues originate in the sacroiliac (SI) joint. Investigation has demonstrated that roughly twenty-five percent of all back pain originates in the SI joint, and now fresh research corroborates what we see in our office: chiropractic is an effective way to treat this issue.

Research Supports Chiropractic Adjustments Can Help Increase Movement in the SI Joint

In the study released in the Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, thirty-two women with sacroiliac joint dysfunction were split into two groups and asked to engage in one of two treatment therapies. one group was given a chiropractic adjustment isolated to the sacroiliac joint, and the alternate group received an adjustment to the sacroiliac joint and the lumbar spine.

Specialists noticed significantly more improvements in both pain and movement immediately following treatment, two days post-treatment, and 30 days after for the patients who had been given high-velocity low-amplitude manipulation to both the sacroiliac joint and the lumbar spine. This suggests that chiropractic manipulation applied to these two areas offers both prompt and long term benefits for sacroiliac joint pain sufferers even after only one treatment round.

Therefore, if you are dealing with sacroiliac joint issues, or cope with back and leg problems and would like to see whether your sacroiliac joint is the cause, a visit to our Arlington office could be the first and best step towards recovery. Give our office a call today at (703) 933-9000.

Kamali F, Shokri E. The effect of two manipulative therapy techniques and their outcome in patients with sacroiliac joint syndrome. Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies 2012;16(1):29-35.