Low Back and Pelvic Girdle Pain / SIJ Dysfunction

Pain in the low back, pelvis and/or groin and buttocks that may even refer down the legs in the front, back or sides.

May be caused by many different factors including:

• Posture
• Faulty movement patterns
• Muscle imbalances (particularly in the core, spinal muscles, gluteal muscles and other hip and leg muscles)
• Tension in the hips or mid-back
• Pregnancy (may be due to hormonal changes causing laxity in the ligaments, and or rectus diastasis that may be putting more strain on your low back and pelvis)
• Other factors such as surgeries creating adhesions, or chronic conditions that put strain on these areas of the body

How Angela Simpson Physiotherapy can help you:

• Assess what may be causing your pain
• Treat the structures or movement patterns that are at fault with a combination of:
  • Manual Therapy
  • Education on proper movement patterns
  • Acupuncture or Acupuncture dry needling
  • Therapeutic Exercises to correct the faulty movement patterns
• teach you posture positions that will tend to put less strain on the structures that are causing you pain