If you suspect your pelvis is uneven and causing you back pain here is a simple test you can do.

You need a partner for this as you won’t be able to do this on yourself.

1.Lay down on the floor or in a bed.

2.Lay flat.

3.Allow your partner to move your knees up to your chest and then pull your legs straight. Their thumbs should be on the inside bone of your ankle.

4.When your legs are straight, they should look at their thumbs to see if they line up perfectly or not. If you have an uneven pelvis, one thumb will be higher than the other.

For those who are familiar with basic pelvic anatomy, you can also place thumbs on the bony protrusions of the pelvis and see if they line up. But you have to know your anatomy to do that. The ankle method is easier for non-medical people.

As for treating an uneven pelvis, you have to figure out why it’s uneven. Is it muscular or structural? In the bone or in the flesh?

Muscles that can pull the pelvis out of alignment and cause back pain include the iliopsoas, the piriformis, the quadratus lumborum and the hamstrings. Typcially, the first muscle treated is the iliopsoas and then the others are assessed from there.

Spine problems can result in an uneven pelvis and it is possible to even have one leg be shorter than another (which is why it’s helpful to be able to check the alignment of the actual pelvis in addition to the ankles).

This is not really something you can treat yourself. You need to see a massage therapist who has some kind of positional release certification or a chiropractor or a physical therapist. Physical therapy and massage are more likely to give you exercises and techniques that can be used at home to treat symptoms for long term management.

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