Lumbar Instability

What is Lumbar Instability?

Jenkins NeuroSpine treats spinal instability at the bottom of the spine/pelvis area in multiple ways. Lumbar instability may be present at the sacroiliac joint, the lumbosacral joint, and other lumbar bones. There can be instability due to a congenital anomaly putting the lumbar vertebra too close to the sacrum or the ilium. Determining which of these is the primary pain generator requires a combination of clinical insight and an understanding of what motions typically lead to pain in each of these areas. Therefore, a thorough history is critical to understanding which of these common conditions is causing pain.

Additionally, we frequently conduct clinical testing including different types of imaging, as well as injections into individual areas that cause pain to better understand the pain generators and then come up with treatments.