SI joint pain natural solutions
- Dr.Traci Grandfield
- Mar 6, 2020
- 1 min read
A common complaint I get is SI joint or lower back pain. I’d like to share some natural solutions to alleviate the problem. First, it’s very important to correct postural/pelvic alignment as this often gets unbalanced through falls, compensating after injuries, or repetitive stress. The soft tissue and joints will fall into compensating patterns until the underlying alignment is adjusted back to balance. once adjusting, it’s important to start moving the joint to work back to a healthy range of motion, strengthening the surrounding muscles, and stretching to re-train and re-set the old patterns. in this video, a good friend and Pilates instructor at Opti-Life Thordis Leach helps demonstrate how Pilates can assist in this process!
This really resonates with me — I struggled with SI joint pain for months before realizing my posture was completely off from years of sitting at a desk. What I love about this post is how it breaks recovery down into clear, connected steps: alignment first, then movement, then strengthening. It actually reminds me of how business frameworks work in reverse — just like when you learn how to apply Porter's Five Forces to assess competitive pressures layer by layer, healing the SI joint requires you to address each contributing factor in the right order rather than jumping straight to the symptoms. Skipping the alignment correction and going straight to exercises never worked for me, and now I understand why.…