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The Sacroiliac (SI) joint is the connection between the sacrum and the ilium, 2 major bones that form your pelvis. Major reasons for pain around the SI joint include pregnancy, arthritis, leg-length discrepancy, trauma, history of pelvic fractures, or muscle tightness. Treatments to alleviate pain include

Sciatica is a symptom of a problem in the low back, typically a pinched or compressed nerve in your lumbar Spine. When you have sciatica, you can have pain, weakness, numbness, or tingling. It can start in the low back and extend down your leg to your calf, foot, or even your toes. It's usually on only

Tendons are flexible bands of tissue that connect muscles to bones. They help your muscles move your bones. Tendinitis is the inflammation or swelling of a tendon. Tendinitis usually happens after repeated injury to an area such as the rotator cuff in the shoulder. It causes pain and soreness around

Compression fractures in the Spine can occur suddenly. This can cause severe back pain. The pain is sharp and "knife-like." Pain can be disabling, and take weeks to months to go away. Osteoporosis is a cause for compression fractures and sometimes fractures develop slowly or can occur suddenly. Multiple

Spinal stenosis is narrowing inside your Spine, which leads to pressure on your nerves. This can put pressure on the spinal cord and spinal nerves which leads to pain in your low back and legs, and may give you trouble with standing and walking. Some people with spinal stenosis have no symptoms. Others