Piriformis syndrome

Though I have not yet come to resemble Lauren in any significant way.

I'm adding myself to the list of sufferers here. Exactly the same symptoms, feel it in my right hamstring but it's actually referred pain from piriformis/glute, sitting down in the same position for extended periods/driving really exacerbates it. Long road runs and speedwork/intervals make it tons worse, off-road it doesn't seem to bad. I'll hope for a miracle cure, right now the combined might of my physio and sports masseuse (wife) hasn't made a dent in it ....

Martyn

Is she using the pointy end of her elbow, Martyn?

Hello Roy,

She does. Also some plastic thing that she calls a "jack nobber" or something similar. I dunno, a nobber means something entirely different in my vocabulary .....

Martyn

p.s. How's things?

I'm sure it's fine as you're married to each other.

Enjoying things up here, except this sciatica is a pain and probably the root cause of a very sore knee.

The HQ is closing and it looks like Wiltshire is the next move next summer.

I have found back and hip stretch number 4 on this link to be good as long as your knees can take it.

http://www.croydonsportsinjuryclinic...-exercises.htm

Try to get the kneecap lined up with your sternum as you lower down. your shoulders should be parallel to the floor too. As you get better you will feel that you are able to lower your torso closer to the ground. hold for 30 seocnds and reapt on the other side.

The seated version is less advanced but also effective if you are less felxible. Sit on a chair or end of a bench. Bring the foot of your injured side up and over so it rest across the thigh of your other leg. the shin of the raised leg should be parallel to the ground. If this sretch isn't felt in the offending glute lean forward slowly until you feel it and hold for 30 seconds. slowly realease and reapt on the other leg.

Hmm lots of this sounds very familiar and those stretches feel good, thanks.

Just attempted to fold myself into Cliveybaby's Position No. 4.
It must have looked as if I was playing Twister all by myself. Sad.

rather than start a new thread i've just resurrected this old one :-)

I'm getting the 'pain in the ar*e' symptoms which sounds for all the world like a tight Piriformis.

Mine isn't bad. I can walk without limping but it is sore walking down stairs. Walking up stairs is completely fine and cycling is fine also.

Just wondering if I might be asking for trouble if I start gentle jogging again before it has gone away completely. I have been doing stretching morning and night the last four days and am thinking of going to physio next week as it was quite bad last week but was gradually easing off until it's got to a mild point where it doesn't seem to be getting any better or any worse.

How do other folks handle this? wouldn't want to do any lasting damage

Well, still not gone away so have booked into Achilles Heel in Glasgow for physio consultation on Monday.

Don't get me wrong, it's not painful at all however there is a constant niggle there which I know will get worse if I even try to run on it.

Fingers crossed