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What is Piriformis Syndrome

By on February 17, 2012 in Conditions

Piriformis Syndrome is a unusual cause of low back, buttock and/or posterior thigh pain due to either compression and irritation of the sciatic nerve by the piriformis muscle in the hip or by tightness and muscle spasm of the piriformis muscle. In some cases, the pain from piriformis syndrome can be very similar to sciatica [...]

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Piriformis Syndrome Stretches

By on January 29, 2012 in Exercise, Stretches

Piriformis Syndrome Stretches Piriformis Syndrome can literally be a pain-in-the-butt. The piriformis muscle is one of the deeper muscles in the hip and typcially presents as pain either in the buttock or pain that radiates from the buttock into the lower leg. Often times Piriformis Syndrome can mimic sciatica and lumbar radiculopathy, although the cause [...]

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