Chiropractic Treats Back Problems and the Sacroiliac Joint

We help a lot of people with back problems in our Anchorage office, and Mulholland Chiropractic Center, LLC finds that quite a few cases of back problems originate in the sacroiliac (SI) joint. Research has revealed that roughly twenty-five percent of all back pain starts out in the SI joint, and now new research confirms what we have noticed in our clinic: chiropractic is an effective method for treating this pain.

Research Shows Chiropractic Care Helps Increase Movement in the SI Joint

In the study released in the Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, 32 women who suffered from sacroiliac joint syndrome were split into two groups and asked to engage in one of two treatment therapies. one group went through a chiropractic adjustment only at the sacroiliac joint, and the second group received an adjustment to the sacroiliac joint as well as the lumbar spine.

Scientists observed greater improvements in both pain and movement immediately following treatment, two days later, and 30 days later for the group who underwent high-velocity low-amplitude manipulation to both the sacroiliac joint and the lumbar spine. This demonstrates that chiropractic treatment applied to these two areas offers both short term and long term results for sacroiliac joint pain sufferers even after only a single treatment session.

Therefore, if you are dealing with sacroiliac joint problems, or have back and leg problems and want to find out whether your sacroiliac joint is the root, a visit to our Anchorage office may be the first and best step towards feeling better. Give our office a call today at (907) 770-5700.

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.