I had a bout of back pain about 5 years ago that I went to the chiropractor about until when I started getting adjustments, it started to hurt more. The back pain thankfully went away after a few months.

Last summer, I started to experience the same back pain, although I think certain exercises I was doing- hill running and certain lifting exercises seemed to aggravate it. Well, now it's almost summer, and the back pain although it would get better, always would come back. I was going to chiro for it, but it would only get better then bad again. I finally went to a physiatrist and he said it is most likely my SI joint. (He said it could be disc deterioration, but from the research I"ve done, I think it's my SI joint.)

Once I realized it could be the SI joint, I stopped doing any single leg lifting exercises, stopped doing plyometrics, and I haven't been able to run for months anyways. I am also going to physical therapy.

I have pain in my low left SI joint, but I have found that some days I wake up and my right side feels out of alignment. The PT said I could try running again, just little bits, since I was feeling better. I was OK when I ran for only a mile, the first time. Yesterday, my right leg felt a little out of alignment again, but I tried to run on it anyways. It didn't really hurt when I was running, but it didn't feel like my usual running stride-things were tight. I tried to stretch, then I walked, and actually the more I walked, the more the right side of my hip, butt and leg hurt. It felt like things were out of whack.

Is it common for the other side (uninjured side) of the SI joint injury to get thrown off balance?

Also, every time I lay down to do my PT excercises, I feel my left joint "pop". It didn't do it that much before, but it seems to be doing it more often. Is that good or bad?

Has anyone gotten over this injury? I'd like to have kids soon, but I'm really worried that it will bother me during pregnancy.

Also, do you think I should go back to the chrio? And should I just forget about running until I feel 100%. It's a very depressing thought, but I am afraid I'll never completely heal.

Any experiences or suggestions are appreciated.

Thanks!