I have had a pain in my tailbone area for over a month now. It sometimes goes into my hip area. It feels like I have inflammation? A PT told me my SI joint was inflammed and misalligned from weak lower abs and tight hammstrings.
I have been trying to work on both however, my hams still feel very tight and the pain is still in my tailbone area.
How long does it take to fix this problem? Has anyone else gone through this or going through it now?
Should I continue to squat and deadlift? It doesnt seem to make anything worse, just not better. Help!!
I have a very similar issue and am yet to resolve this. I have been to a biokineticist, a physio, and two chiropractors.
A lot of work was done on the lower back, hip, and SI areas. I get on and off pains in the entire region - hip, upper buttocks, SI, psoas and illiopsoas, sometimes even pain refered to the ITB.
I will be visiting a general sports doctor soon for a clean-slate look at the matter to try and find a) the root cause, and b) a solution.
This sounds more like tendinitis rather than joint pain. If it is the SI joint do the following which I found on an orthopedic web site:
[i]"How are sacroiliac problems diagnosed?
The first method of diagnosis is to feel for the joint and see if the sacroiliac area is tender. Certain tests can place pressure across the joint, and may indicate a problem in that region. One test, called the FABER test, is done by lying down, flexing the hip, abducting the leg, and externally rotating the hip. This maneuver places pressure directly across the sacroiliac joint.
If the diagnosis is still unclear, an injection into the SI joint can be diagnostic. In this procedure, a numbing medication (like novacaine) is injected into the SI joint. If the injection alleviates the symptoms, then the test is positive for the sacroiliac joint as a source of the problem. This test may be performed in conjunction with a cortisone injection for treatment of SI joint problems (see below).
What is the treatment for sacroiliac joint inflammation?
Sacroiliac joint inflammation tends to respond well to conservative therapy. The first step in treatment is to avoid the activities that cause symptoms. For athletes, this may mean avoiding their sport to let the inflammation subside. Second, an anti-inflammatory medication can help to minimize the inflammation. It is important to understand that the anti-inflammatory medication is not given as a pain medicine, but rather to decrease the inflammation. Therefore, stopping the medication before your doctor tells you to stop can prevent proper treatment. Even if the pain goes away, the anti-inflammatory properties of these medications may still be effective. Physical therapy is the last step in conservative treatment. A physical therapist can help strengthen the muscles around the SI joint and low back and help increase flexibility around the joint.
If all these treatments fail, an injection of cortisone into the joint may be effective. The cortisone injection delivers a more powerful anti-inflammatory medication directly into the sacroiliac joint itself. Because the SI joint is deeper within the body than most joints, the cortisone injections are usually given under X-Ray guidance in a hospital."[/i]
Again I would be willing to bet it’s tendinitis caused but bad mobility or an inpigment. The reason I think so is the persistence of the pain and the way it behaves. Tendinitis is a royal pain in the ass to get rid of.
In either case, if you have the means, go see an orthopedist and get a real diagnosis. Guessing could make the problem worse, not better.