@FlailTv @KellyCDB Method one, that I think is fixing my SI joint: while sitting “normally” in a chair, plant my feet against the floor or hook one ankle around the other. Lean forward and brace my arms against a table and use my leg muscles to push my upper femurs outwards. Something goes click.
@FlailTv @KellyCDB I sort of idly do this multiple times a day, especially if I’m sitting “normally” a lot.
@FlailTv @KellyCDB Method two, which is more or less self-chiropractic work on my lumbar spine: I’ve figured out that my hamstrings and glutes and other muscles are basically holding my hip joints together because goodness knows nothing else is. Keeping them the right amount of tight is key.
@FlailTv @KellyCDB But when they get too tight, bad things happen, and because I had knee surgery after too many dislocations, one of those things is losing the ability to walk because pain refers to my surgery site. But I can fix that AND keep my lower back in line all in one!
@FlailTv @KellyCDB So I carefully stretch first my glutes (Butterfly, focusing on bending forward, not on feet close), then hamstrings (legs straight in front of me, bending forward), then adductors (splits), laying on a padded but firm floor with my knees up and feet flat between each stretch.
@FlailTv @KellyCDB If I have stretched the right amount and if it has not been too long since I’ve seen my massage therapist, my entire lower back will go crunch-crunch-CRUNCH into place one of those lying on my back steps. Or it’ll go partway after one step and more after more stretching.
@FlailTv @KellyCDB If I haven’t stretched enough, lying on my back with my knees up will feel progressively more painful until either it finally crunches on its own with gravity’s help or I am nearly screaming and have to stop. Let me know if that makes sense, or if you have any questions?
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