The sacroiliac joint is a large joint in the region of your low back and buttocks. There are two of these. One on each side, When the joint becomes painful it can cause pain in its immediate region or it can refer pain into your groin, abdomen, or leg.

A sacroiliac joint injection serves several purposes. First, by placing numbing medicine into the joint, the amount of immediate pain relief you experience will help confirm or deny the joint as a source of your pain. Additionally, the temporary pain relief of the numbing medicine may better allow a physical therapist to assist in treating the joint. Also, time release cortisone will serve to reduce inflammation within your joint and further assist the physical therapist, if necessary. It is possible to obtain relief from the injection alone without follow-up physical therapy.

Procedure process - Post Procedure and Follow-up care are the same as with Epidural injections.