<![CDATA[Sacroiliac Treatment, Research, and Education - Jerry\'s Blog]]>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:26:04 -0600Weebly<![CDATA[Client Feedback]]>Tue, 16 Aug 2016 20:52:35 GMThttps://www.heschinstitute.com/jerrys-blog/client-feedback From a You Tube video on posterior glide of the sacrum posted on August 15, 2016
Melissa Riddle
I just went to go see Jerry for a blocked SI joint that my PT had caused after she squeezed my two ischiums together. My SI joints were opened up and my sacrum was allowed to move into a posterior, slightly twisted position. Once my hips moved back to where they preferred, it held the sacrum in this awkward and uncomfortable position and mobility was lost in the SI joint. My chiropractor was scared to work on it after a failed adjustment to it, and my PT could not get the joint to open up. I found Jerry Hesch and his unique method. I knew I needed to try a different approach if my own highly regarded PT and chiropractor could not help me. I don't know why his simple and gentle approach is not used more often. My SI joint is now free and happy. I could feel the blood flow into it as soon as he released it. I'm going to urge my PT and chiropractor to learn his methods.
Chantelle Hildreth Jerry Hesch is my hero! He is the most brilliant manual therapist in the world. I am forever grateful to Jerry for fixing my sacrum that was also stick in posterior glide. Jerry took me out of well over a year of excruciating pain. Big hugs to Jerry Hesch. I couldn't possibly recommend any therapist more highly than I recommend Jerry. He is a true life saver and a super great man.

]]><![CDATA[Lumbopelvic-hip workshop oct 17 - 18]]>Fri, 09 Oct 2015 02:08:55 GMThttps://www.heschinstitute.com/jerrys-blog/lumbopelvic-hip-workshop-oct-17-18We are very pleased to be presenting our Lumbopelvic-Hip workshop in Indianapolis next week! To learn more and register, please visit: http://www.heschinstitute.com/indy-sij.html]]><![CDATA[August 14th, 2015]]>Sat, 15 Aug 2015 04:50:20 GMThttps://www.heschinstitute.com/jerrys-blog/august-14th-2015Posture and Pain Conversation on Facebook

This is in response to a few posts whose coverage can probably be intuited within the replies below.

Jerry Hesch It is relevant in that new discoveries are being made and are being shared in forums such as these. You may try the techniques described for developmental asymmetry of the pelvis and/or hip dysplasias. Cost is nominal some foam and cork from any number of sellers, though I like silicone as it comfortable under the trochanter. The case presentation (developmental asymmetries) was designed to illustrate that we can do something for persons who have pain related to posture related to developmental asymmetries. Is anyone else doing this? I don't think so but will be delighted to learn otherwise. Lovely if someone could develop kit that was affordable for clients. Sharing information is part of the mission of Hesch Institute. Feel free to schedule a phone call of 30 minutes minimum and I am happy to discuss references specifically, or read my writing to discern same, published articles and presentations, MRI evidence for a novel interpretation I make on traumatic birth symphyseal diastasis. I cannot in small posts explain in detail how the research and body of literature accessible primarily through PubMed.gov relates to the various works. I sought to illustrate briefly that yes, there is a body of work that undergirds the work and I freely admit what we do not know about that thing named "sacral torsions". Within that chapter the references follow relevant sentences in the manner of medical papers and there you can begin to find some answers. Please feel free to schedule a call. No the list of references are not my MO, they are appropriately cited withing the text of the articles. With respect to novel things such as the 3D Pain Drawing, the breadth of the utility has yet to be researched, yet just like Robin McKenzie in 1980 when there was no research on his approach, he did share ideas. Lastly, much of my work does involve mild forces maintained for a long time, typically 2 minutes, sometimes 5, and for one pattern, 15 minutes, a one-time treatment. Interesting that this concept is rarely app;lied except in orthopedic procedures, use of splints etc. The information is found within the first three chapters of any good orthopedic textbook, rehabilitation kinesiology text, biomechanics text, joint structure and function text etc. Terms like viscoleastic creep, Young's modulus are used to describe connective tissue properties. All for now.

 

Hi Will,

I did ask you if you had any additional questions so I was a bit surprised when you mention "usual MO". I would be happy to exchange writings with you. Can I call you early next week? Do you post your curriculum vitae online? I do believe that I answered the question in a general manner and am happy to elaborate. You can do a search function on my web site and the Interview in Physiotimes may be a good start. I fully acknowledge that my general statement of "it is in the public domain" was perhaps too general a response for which I take full responsibility. I also have to update the section of comments by Rolfers, massage therapists and physical therapists in addition to clients. So they encompass treatment and workshop. Much work is being done to reinterpret some of the foundational beliefs about joint structure and function and the old rules and regulations such as convex-concave rules. I am happy to participate in such, and have applied that work published regarding the shoulder and hip to the knee and this video illustrates the result. In the case study presented I simply evaluated her knee (I was doing a pelvis-hip-lumbar screen, though I start at the feet). In 41 years no one had screened her for a posterior glide fixation of the femur.  So to add to addressing the original question, I evaluate and treat micromotions in joints within a whole body schema and am not married to obeying the rules and regulations of the old guard re joint function.  My email address is jerryhesch@heschinstitute.com   What is a good day and time to call?

Thank you.

Dr. Jerry Hesch, MHS, PT, DPT, Hesch Institue

 

Jerry Hesch The video in which the "Concave Convex rules for Treatment" were violated with good results. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6AFQWdk7W4

 

  Jerry Hesch I look forward to the interactive form of conversation.

 

Jerry Hesch Regarding the topic of posture and pain, her posture was indicative of a possible lack of anterior glide of the femur on the tibia, but it required a cluster of tests, passive mobility, functional mobility, strength, passive gross motion, etc. In conclusion, posture was only a small aspect, it was function that was more telling and it was a functional improvement not an improvement in posture that I believe accounts for her improvement. Posture, position is perhaps the least reliable indicator of joint dysfunction.
 

]]><![CDATA[ 30-Year Chronic Painful Gait With Hypomobile Pelvis and Sacroiliac Part 1]]>Sat, 15 Aug 2015 04:48:15 GMThttps://www.heschinstitute.com/jerrys-blog/30-year-chronic-painful-gait-with-hypomobile-pelvis-and-sacroiliac-part-1
This is a link to 4 videos on a client who fractured both femurs 30 years ago and had a very rigid pelvis and sacroiliac joint that was successfully mobilized via Hesch Method. this relieved a "clunk" he would experience during walking and that would enhance sciatica. Reduced mobility (hypo-mobility) of the sacroiliac and pelvis typically gets very little coverage but is a very relevant property of connective tissues and of joints. His response was dramatic, and I am pleased given the length of symptoms (30 years). Here is link to first video part 1 of 4


]]><![CDATA[ 30-Year Chronic Painful Gait with Hypomobile Pelvis and Sacroiliac Part 4 ]]>Sat, 15 Aug 2015 04:42:41 GMThttps://www.heschinstitute.com/jerrys-blog/-30-year-chronic-painful-gait-with-hypomobile-pelvis-and-sacroiliac-part-4<![CDATA[ 30-Year Chronic Painful Gait with Hypomobile Pelvis and Sacroiliac Part 3 ]]>Sat, 15 Aug 2015 04:41:32 GMThttps://www.heschinstitute.com/jerrys-blog/-30-year-chronic-painful-gait-with-hypomobile-pelvis-and-sacroiliac-part-3<![CDATA[30-Year Chronic Painful Gait with Hypomobile Pelvis and Sacroiliac Part 2]]>Sat, 15 Aug 2015 04:40:11 GMThttps://www.heschinstitute.com/jerrys-blog/-30-year-chronic-painful-gait-with-hypomobile-pelvis-and-sacroiliac-part-2
https://youtu.be/42saOD3mWl8
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]]><![CDATA[Big News]]>Sun, 28 Sep 2014 16:56:21 GMThttps://www.heschinstitute.com/jerrys-blog/big-newsI am happy to announce that we are moving to Denver within a few weeks. The new address will be announced soon. We are pleased with the business climate of Denver with many resources including academic. We want to wish Sandy Milroy the best of luck as she transitions to working with another organization in trade show management. Stay tuned. Thank you.]]><![CDATA[Quotable, Frameable from a Physical Therapist]]>Sun, 24 Aug 2014 18:32:11 GMThttps://www.heschinstitute.com/jerrys-blog/quotable-frameable-from-a-physical-therapist
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