Mine's still not sorted either. Some days it feels like the bottom of the hamstring, sometimes the top, sometimes the middle of the buttock, but always there somewhere and liable to get worse if I go any faster than a slow jog.
Physio said "hamstring" and gave me strengthening exercises. I'm not convinced that's the entire issue. I'm now doing those together with glute and hip flexor exercises, along with the piriformis stretches.
I reckon if I do the lot it might just help!
This link is interesting - first posted by ZootHorn Rollo over 2 years ago.
http://raymondchiropractic.blogspot....-sciatica.html
There cannot be many runners who can't hold that one-legged back bridge for less than 10 seconds - try it yourself and see how easy it is. An interesting link all the same.Originally Posted by Tussockface
I agree with your comment about the bridge - even though I'm still out of action, it's easy peasy!
Have you tried hamstring/gluteal isometrics? Stand with your back against a wall, keeping your leg straight press your heel into the wall as hard as you can - 8x8 seconds is the usual recommendation - do both legs, even if only one is painful. Do this twice a day - when cleaning your teeth, for example. Do not expect instant results, but pain should diminish after a couple of weeks.
Cheers. I'll give it a go.
I dribbled toothpaste all down me shirt.
I had it bad a few years back the pain was unbearable first thing in the morning dropping me to the floor
I did a bit of research found out what it(as i didn't know what the problem was at the time) and found this video,Getting the nerve fibers to move freely again was the key for me. The stretching of the pirriformis muscle was just part of it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFtUgS69rPk
ps it never goes away I still feel it today if don't stretch
well, back from the physio who reckoned it sounded like piriformis muscle spasm but possibly caused as a result of lower back trouble.
Mine has eased right off and I managed a 3km run on Saturday, very slow, without any ill effects other than very tight calves yesterday and today.
Think the key for me is going right back to basics before I do any more aggravation. As a minimum I won't run two days in a row and will keep it at 6 mins per km pace for the foreseeable future and gradually ramp up the distance.
Will take it as a warning
That should go on the 'Today's Teeth Cleaning' thread.
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