Any bone fracture takes a minimum of six to eight weeks to heal -- sometimes longer if there are health issues such as heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and so on. If it's of any help, there has been a recent report on the diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of a particular kind of pelvic fracture known as saddle-horn injury. From your description, this may be the type of injury you suffered. The experiences of these patients (all men) may help encourage you.

The saddle-horn injury occurs when a rider gets bucked up in the air, then comes back down and collides with the still bucking horse. Crashing into the saddle horn of the saddle can fracture the pelvis, separate the pelvic bones, and cause direct injury to the soft tissues of the perineum (groin area in contact with the saddle).

Riding bucking broncos isn't just something you see in an old John Wayne Western. Ranch hands and rodeo riders still ride bucking horses for sport and rodeo competitions. And sometimes, a horseback rider gets bucked unexpectedly when a pleasure horse gets spooked or for some unknown reason. Injuries can occur from such an event. The subject of this study is a particular type of trauma from a bucking horse called the saddle-horn injury of the pelvis.

Three weeks ago I had bone taken from my iliac crest to be put into an arm fracture. The arm is doing fine, but over the last week I have been experiencing aching pain from the pelvis but not exactly at the site of extraction. Is the normal and what's the cause, Please.

The purpose of this study was to compare three physical therapy programs. Each one was used to treat pelvic pain in pregnant women. One hundred and eighteen (118) pregnant women were put into one of three different exercise groups.

Group one was given information about the condition. This included anatomy, posture, and how to improve work habits. Each woman in the information group also got a nonelastic sacroiliac belt.