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[catzer]

Hi all,

I am pretty new to running (18 months or so) and have been lurking around the CR website to learn more for a while now.  I have really enjoyed reading your posts - you have all been very inspiring and helpful.  

I ran my first half marathon last weekend but only just made it to the start line because of a sublaxed pelvis which was only diagnosed in the week before the run.  Although it was painful I loved every minute of the run and did manage to finish it.  As much as I want to keep training and improving for the next run, I have weeks/months of physio to look forward to and a recommendation that I dont run or do any weight bearing excercise at all. Not happy!

I was wondering if anyone else out there has had this injury and how they managed with it (i couldn't find it any where in the forums) and would really appreciate if any of you more experienced runners could give me some advice on how to keep my running fitness while I recover.

Thanks in advance.

[Leofisio]

catzer, on Oct 16 2010, 03:04 PM, said:

Hi all,

I am pretty new to running (18 months or so) and have been lurking around the CR website to learn more for a while now.  I have really enjoyed reading your posts - you have all been very inspiring and helpful.  

I ran my first half marathon last weekend but only just made it to the start line because of a sublaxed pelvis which was only diagnosed in the week before the run.  Although it was painful I loved every minute of the run and did manage to finish it.  As much as I want to keep training and improving for the next run, I have weeks/months of physio to look forward to and a recommendation that I dont run or do any weight bearing excercise at all. Not happy!

I was wondering if anyone else out there has had this injury and how they managed with it (i couldn't find it any where in the forums) and would really appreciate if any of you more experienced runners could give me some advice on how to keep my running fitness while I recover.

Thanks in advance.

SUblaxed pelvis??? this is the wierdest diagnosis that I have hearded in my life... anyway, I hope you get better!

[NeillS]

Do you mean subluxed? Who diagnosed you with that?

Edited by NeillS, 17 October 2010 - 10:21 AM.

[catzer]

NeillS, on Oct 17 2010, 11:21 AM, said:

Do you mean subluxed? Who diagnosed you with that?

Thanks for taking the time to post back but I am not sure whether I have spelt it correctly or not, as I just wrote it as it sounded.  It was my first visit to a physiotherapist too so I'm not very familiar with any of their terminology.  The slightly longer explanation I was given was that the left side of my pelvis had dropped away from the right due to weak core muscles (I have had three children so the weak core muscles bit was not thoroughly surprising).  The physio was able to put it back into place and relax some of the muscles in my lower back to allow me to run, but said I had weeks (and during an appointment last week he said months) of physio to get everything right.

I hope that this makes a bit more sense.

[sportsphysio]

catzer, on Oct 17 2010, 04:12 PM, said:

The slightly longer explanation I was given was that the left side of my pelvis had dropped away from the right due to weak core muscles

catzer

This diagnosis will be seen in high-speed motorcycle accidents and in skydivers who choose not to use a parachute. Otherwise it is impossible to "sublux" (meaning partially dislocated) the pelvis as it is held together by a large quantity of very strong ligaments. The control (or lack of control) of the pelvis from surrounding muscles can contribute to pain and injury in hip, buttock and groin but won't cause a shift in position of one half of the pelvis. Hopefully the physio's diagnosis was lost in translation.

As for the months of treatment required, it's a pretty big call at this early stage as the physio is yet to see how the problem responds to treatment. If a long period of rehab is required, the treatment for muscle problems is exercise-based after the initial period of hands-on techniques so most of the work should be done at home with occasional visits for exercise review and updates.

Good luck with your recovery