It’s your weakest link that speaks to you first when you are tired, rundown or getting sick. It’s that part of your body that maybe had a previous injury, surgery, or is just not quite 100%. You might feel it ache, get tight or tense, or even give way when you are feeling a bit worn down.  For me it is my neck, and for husband it is his SI Joint (Sacroilliac Joint).

My husband recently texted me with a message that said “I threw out my back!”  I knew immediately what that meant. His SI Joint got tweaked, probably from all that weekend yardwork he was doing. So I had him lie down on his stomach with his shirt up so that I could put my thumbs into the dimples of his SI Joint.  What I saw was no surprise.  His right dimple was about a half inch or so higher than the other dimple, which meant his SI Joint got shifted and of course his back muscles started seizing in retaliation.

SI Joint dimples
I had him do this pose by Erhard Rohrmuller on the side that had the lifted dimple (right side) and wah-la… the dimples got back into alignment.  He said he felt instant release.  I said ….. “Seriously?  It really worked??”

Not sure why I was so amazed, but I was. I used to massage his back and stretch his legs when he got this SI Joint twinge, but this time I tried a new approach.  He quipped back “I could have just taken a Percocet to numb it like most people do!”

I shared this story with my Chair Yoga students this week and had them all locate their SI Joint dimples on their back so they knew where they were. And I had them do Ehrard’s pose in the Chair. Anatomy knowledge is power over pain!

Namaste,
Sherry