02/16/2022
What my training as a chiropractor who specializes in Sacro Occipital Technique is focused on addressing and normalizing.
One key difference that separates the SIJ from other joints is that it has a separate, encapsulated portion, the syndesmosis, that functions to suspend the sacrum from the ilia, regulate muscles, and maintain normal ROM. But, when these weight bearing ligaments sprain, the joint separates slightly, the ligaments pull away from the joint surfaces [3], and the sacrum drops. Whenever a space opens in the body, even microscopically, fluid from the surrounding area fills the space and creates internal pressure, which stretches the ligaments. The ligaments activate a reflex that causes some muscles to tighten (counternutators) to try to pull the joint back together. Other muscles that would separate the joint (nutators) are inhibited. The balance between the internal pressure of the fluid, pushing out on the joint surfaces, is countered by the external muscular compression; this is the body’s attempt to create stability, as well as it can achieve it, unaided. But here is the key point: as long as the fluid remains in the syndesmosis, the ligaments cannot reach and re-insert into the joint surfaces, and the joint remains unstable, so healing cannot occur.
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