My Post SI Joint Fusion Pain/Weakness Pt. Status Update!

I posted about a patient that I evaluated several weeks ago. She had L SI joint fusion and after had hip and L LE pain with a profound weakness she did not have before the fusion. When I ask her to go from sitting to supine she has to place her hand under her leg and physically lift it up as she is so weak, like a stroke patient.

When I asked her to do side lying adduction per my SI protocol she could barely do one rep and could only raise her leg a few inches. I was like crap! I don't know what happened to her but this isn't good!

Well, fast forward 5 weeks, shockingly, her leg pain is almost gone, back pain as well but still has hip pain that if I have her perform a standing ball squeeze she can relieve it by firing her adductor and gapping open the outflares.

She was feeling so good she went out to garden and flared it up. I told her to not do anything but this is a common trap patients fall into.

I was concerned about this patient and this profound weakness but sometimes they shock you!

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My Post SI Joint Fusion Pain/Weakness Pt. Status Update!