FreeMD® SI Joint Injury Home Care: Warning Signs

SI Joint Injury

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SI Joint Injury Home Care: Warning Signs

Notify your doctor if you have an SI joint injury and any of the following:

Worsening low back pain
Worsening swelling over the sacrum
Difficulty controlling your bladder:

Urinary incontinence
Decreased urination
Inability to urinate

Leg weakness (unilateral)
Leg numbness (unilateral)
Worsening constipation
Worsening difficulty walking:

Inability to walk

Persistent sacrum pain for more than 1 week

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Related Conditions

Coccyx contusion
Coccyx fracture
Pelvic fracture
Sacrococcygeal injury

Back injury
Coccyx injury
Sacrum injury

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Last Updated: Nov 5, 2008 References

Authors: Stephen J. Schueler, MD; John H. Beckett, MD; D. Scott Gettings, MD

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SI Joint Injury References:

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Major NM, Helms CA. Pelvic stress injuries: the relationship between osteitis pubis (symphysis pubis stress injury) and sacroiliac abnormalities in athletes. Skeletal Radiol. 1997 Dec;26(12):711-7.
Stevens KJ, Preston BJ, Hahn DM.Bilateral fracture dislocation of the sacroiliac joint. Skeletal Radiol. 1997 Sep;26(9):556-8.
Wright V, Zelle BA, Prayson M. Bilateral sacroiliac joint dislocation without associated fracture or anterior pelvic ring injuries. J Orthop Trauma. 2004 Oct;18(9):634-7.