Hi John,
Thanks so much for your useful links. Because of my negative experience with prolotherapy (even though it was for my lumbar spine rather than SI), I don't see it as an option for me. It clearly does help some people a lot, though, and I'm sure that 20 years on from when I tried it there will have been improvements with it. I hope it is helpful for you.
Like you I swam a lot for years and did regular Pilates, which I found really helpful for all my back problems - it (together with osteopathy) helped keep me away from the medics for many years.
rosedee
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1980-2004 50 acute episodes. DDD
Lots of osteopathy, pilates, exercise, injections etc plus:
‘82 Laminectomy + nerve root adhesions removed
‘87 Sclerosant injections
2000 Spinal fusion L4/5 L5/S1 – left with internal nerve damage: permanent leg Pain & impaired mobility.
2/04 Acute episode became new baseline - Housebound & severe pain
6/06 Discogram +ve L3/4,L1/2. + SI joint problem.
10/07 ADR L3/4 (Active L) Dr Zeegers - no impact at all
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