SI joint Pain relief

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Hi,
Insurance just informed me that I was denied the request for Radio Frequency Ablation of my SIJ’s, they said it was still experimental and wasn’t effective, I told them that this would be my fourth and it worked well… We anticipated this would be the case, being that they have already spent about $70,000 on me since March, with the Remicade and surgeries.
My pain doctor will do the treatment for $500 cash so I will probably do that, I just come in at the end of the day, in the past he did it about 7pm…

What treatment options have you all done? I don’t think there are many for SIJ pain except pain medications…

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I had the SI pain which also ran down my leg and it felt like my leg was being filleted like a fish…I used ice on the SI joint and some mild exercises. I was lucky it fizzled out after several months. That was a couple years ago and I haven’t had the SI pain since…an MRI showed at the time that it was inflamed and had shifted slightly. With the SI joint, a very slight shift is all you need to have horrible pain!
I hope you somehow find relief!

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