There is an unquestioned saying in medicine that our treatment success rate can be no better than our diagnostic success rate. This is especially true for symptoms that have a multitude of causes, ...

In today's Healthwatch 3 Dr. Pierce Nunley from the Spine Institute of Louisiana talks about Sacroiliac joint pain, symptoms, and diagnosis and treatment.

This week we are going to discuss sacroiliac joint issues—both iliosacral and sacroiliac dysfunctions, two very different conditions which require specific treatment. Iliosacral dysfunctions are the ...

Back pain only on your lower left side may be a sign of an infection, muscle strain, kidney stones, or stress fracture.

Dr. Fotis Souslian is a neurosurgeon and spine surgeon. In this ASK A DOC, Dr. Souslian shares common misdiagnoses, what to look for and how to prevent the risk of lower back pain and sacroiliac joint ...

If your back is killing you at the end of the day, you might blame it on picking something up incorrectly or somehow injuring it. But up to 25% of lower back problems aren’t actually caused by muscle ...

Interventional pain management physicians performing sacroiliac joint fusions had no complications when supervised and trained by a spine surgeon and low complication rates without surgeon oversight, ...

Lower back pain is one of the most common conditions for which patients present for evaluation in health care. Sacroiliac (SI) joint dysfunction is an often overlooked source of lower back disease.

Fifty-seven-year-old Anthony Mitchell enjoys taking his daily walks. They weren't always daily. They weren't always enjoyable. "I was having problems walking. I was falling," said Mitchell as he ...

Sacroiliac joint fusions had no complications when performed by spine surgeons and low complication rates when performed by pain physicians, according to a study published in the November 2025 issue ...