Anyone want to share experiences with this? How long did it take to go away and what did you do to get it to go away?
I have it, super painful at times, especially in the mornings...doing a ton of stretching and anti inflamatories.....
not sure wht ur talking about???but on stretching u dont work on th muscle but th nerve so when u stretch tighten ur muscle at th end and hold u ll get way more out of it,hope this help,
Anyone want to share experiences with this? How long did it take to go away and what did you do to get it to go away?
I have it, super painful at times, especially in the mornings...doing a ton of stretching and anti inflamatories.....
I strained mine back in 1993 while doing sprints and had to get a cortisone injection. I wore compression shorts for awhile after that. I haven't had any problems since then.My wife had issues with her piriformis. She had a cortisone shot and now over a year later it is still fine.
Anyone want to share experiences with this? How long did it take to go away and what did you do to get it to go away?
I have it, super painful at times, especially in the mornings...doing a ton of stretching and anti inflamatories.....
Use the bar on the leg press, or something else that is about the same height and same strength. ease into it with the affected area directly on the point of the bar. At first it will be tender, but continue to fight through the pain for at least 90 seconds at a time.
For stretching, use a bench or bed (@ same height). Cross your leg in front of you, put it up on top, and face directly forward towards the bench. (straighten youtr foot as well, everything pointing forward but the leg up) I have found the leg curl machine is the perfect height, but yours might be lower. Pull your body forward and twist a little into the stretch. This will allow the back not to be involved and all the stretch be on the glute. This injury, if pir. syndrome, will take a while to get better, but if you continue this rehab, it will start to get better immediately.
Also keep your back (lower) and hams nice and limber as a tweak in those areas will force the hips and glutes to compensate and throw you back a few steps
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Have you been diagnosed with Piriformis Syndrome? or Sciatica? who diagnosed you with this? thats not a real common diagnosis(piriformis syndrome), so I am just curious.
you do know Piriformis is a muscle and not a condition right? Just the way the question was asked made me wonder?
What you are doing is recommended treatment along with rest, massage,ultra sound,hot and cold etc... time frame for recovery or relief of symptoms varies amongst individuals.
he recommended a MRI which showed degenerative disc disease. A few spinal injects later...good as new.