The Thinking Practitioner

03: Sacroiliac Joint Pain: Causes, Controversies, and Considerations


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Til and Whitney discuss sacroiliac joint pain and hand-on therapies: causes, controversies, and considerations. 

In this episode, 

  • What causes SIJ pain? 
  • Does the SIJ move a little, or a lot? 
  • What about hypermobility? 
  • What are the controversies? 
  • What does the research say? 
  • Key considerations for manual therapists, 
  • and much more. 
  • Join two of the leading educators in manual therapy, bodywork, and massage therapy, as they delve into the most intriguing issues, questions, research, and client conditions that hands-on practitioners face. Stimulate your thinking with imaginative conversations, tips, and interviews related to the somatic arts and sciences. With Whitney Lowe and Til Luchau

    Get the full transcript at Til or Whitney's sites! 

    Resources discussed in this episode: 

    • Laslett 2008 (Descriptive, questions of manual therapy approaches; good cataloging of diagnostics) http://ahpsuffolk.co.uk/Portals/1/Users/159/59/159/Laslett%20SIJ.pdf 
  • Palsson 2019 (Lehman et al questioning the narratives and nocebic effects of "pathoanatomical thinking.") https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31355883 
  • Booth 2019 (BPS-informed; great one to read if you have time for just one) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1521694219300178 
  • AcademyOfClinicalMassage.com 
  • Advanced-Trainings.com 
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    (The Thinking Practitioner Podcast is intended for professional practitioners of manual and movement therapies: bodywork, massage therapy, structural integration, chiropractic, myofascial and myotherapy, orthopedic, sports massage, physical therapy, osteopathy, yoga, strength and conditioning, and similar professions. It is not medical or treatment advice.)

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