Sacroiliac Joint Steroid Injection

The sacroiliac facet joints are a small joint in the region of the low back and buttocks where the pelvis actually joins with the spine. When these joints become painful they may cause pain in the low back, abdomen, groin, buttocks or legs.

A sacroiliac joint injection serves many purposes. First, by placing numbing medicine into the joint, the amount of immediate pain relief experienced by the patient will help confirm or deny the joint as a source of pain. Additionally, the temporary relief of the numbing medicine may better allow a physician or physical therapist to treat that joint.