Sidebar: Proper lifting can help prevent SIJD problems

Condition cripples huge percentage of those left undiagnosed, untreated
Although President John F. Kennedy suffered from sacroiliac joint dysfunction (SIJD) more than forty years ago, it still remains a mystery to most medical providers and diagnosticians, even specialists.
Pain that began after pregnancy or childbirth, a fall on the buttock, a motor vehicle accident, or improper lifting sometimes creates mystery symptoms that can’t be diagnosed. This may be SI Joint Dysfunction.
The symptoms and ‘syndrome’ associated with SIJD are very rarely addressed by standard orthopedic literature, and the SI joint is often overlooked as a source of chronic lower back pain. Its symptoms are often confused with those arising from a disc problem. Many patients suffer from severe chronic pain because no physical findings can be found to explain their symptoms.

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