Sacroiliac Joint Pain 

There are some features of chronic lower back pain which suggest the pain maybe sacroiliac in origin but these are not diagnostic. 

These include:

• pain when rising from sitting
• pain below L5 level
• Unilateral pain
• 3 or more positive tests
  • • a)      Distraction
    • b)      Compression
    • c)       Sacral thrust
    • d)      Thigh Thrust
    • e)      Gaenslan test positive

• Unilateral pain below L5 and 3 positive tests (as above) 

Diagnosis is confirmed by (Sacroiliac Joint Injection) local anaesthetic intra articular joint injection under Xray imaging.