Ok, triggerpoint therapy for the Piriformis-Syndrome…
Any foamroller exercises that can be used supplementary?
I appreciate any ideas.
Try a couple of these: http://smiweb.org/roller.pdf
Cheers. Those look like the exercises shown by Mike Robertson. Appreciate it.
ART?
[quote]FirestormWarrior wrote:
ART?[/quote]
Active release technique
Cheers. Any good resources?
[quote]bushidobadboy wrote:
Google + Youtube.
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Lol, of course. I’ll check those.
Anyhow, I was hoping for some information here. On info coming from someone around here, I’d have to do less bullshit-checking, if you know what I mean. Especially on youtube, for every good piece of info there’s a load of useless/false stuff.
I’m assuming you’re getting electric stim/ultrasound therapy from a physician(?), and your question is what can you do at home to further your therapy?
ive had sciatic/piriformis pain in right leg for the past 8 months. did tons of research, got an mri, visited a renowned sports chiro, tons of different therapies with only slight improvement.
BUT
i went in about 3 months ago to the chiro and got fitted for top of the line custom orthodics and BOOM piriformis/sciatic pain has improved 75%.
apparently i have a severe but hardly noticeable overpronation of my left foot which causes imbalances all the way through my body. its basically torquing my pelvic/lower back area which causes muscles in my ass and low back on the right side to overcompensate for the left overpronation. i think its also led to a mild disc bulge and annular tear in one of my low back discs (from mri) so i suggest you look into this if you dont see improvement with art, stretching, massage, ect.
Hi, There are worse injuries than Piriformis Syndrome but it sure is a pain in the ass.
I’ve had it on the right side for 9 years and the left side for a year and a half. It seems to be a weak spot for me. You are lucky to have it now, the information available is so much better now than it was.
Here are the things I know for sure help me;
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Foam Rolling. Hit the glutes, hams, hip flexors and piriformis from every angle you can think of. Don’t stick to some textbook recommendation. Follow the pain. I do it intermixed in my warmup, sometimes between working sets and sometimes during free time around the house if it’s acting up. I really wish I had known about foam rolling 9 years ago.
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Heat. Everyday I put hot water bottles on each side. At night while I’m reading or watching TV, or when I go to bed.
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Dead Stops. I can’t Squat with intense effort, but I can Box Squat with a good effort and I can usually Deadlift at 100%. I love squatting but there was a time when I couldn’t even do leg extensions so I’m thrilled the be able to DL.
It’s interesting that each side is not quite the same. My right side hates hamstring or piriformis stretches. My left side seems to like stretching, but I have to admit, I’ve been a little timid about implementing consistent stretching on that side. Probably something I should do.
Good luck with yours. Please let me know if you find something very helpful.
[quote]lbstiffler83 wrote:
I’m assuming you’re getting electric stim/ultrasound therapy from a physician(?), and your question is what can you do at home to further your therapy?[/quote]
Uhm, yes and no.
No, because as a matter of fact, it’s not about me here. It’s about my mom.
Yes, she had electric stim/ultrasound therapy done, yes, by a physician. She’s doing physical therapy at the moment. Yes, since the therapy is limited to 10 sessions at the physician’s (medical insurance won’t pay for more), I’m looking for ways to support that therapy.
[quote]1000yardstare wrote:
ive had sciatic/piriformis pain in right leg for the past 8 months. did tons of research, got an mri, visited a renowned sports chiro, tons of different therapies with only slight improvement.
BUT
i went in about 3 months ago to the chiro and got fitted for top of the line custom orthodics and BOOM piriformis/sciatic pain has improved 75%.
apparently i have a severe but hardly noticeable overpronation of my left foot which causes imbalances all the way through my body. its basically torquing my pelvic/lower back area which causes muscles in my ass and low back on the right side to overcompensate for the left overpronation. i think its also led to a mild disc bulge and annular tear in one of my low back discs (from mri) so i suggest you look into this if you dont see improvement with art, stretching, massage, ect.[/quote]
I’ll definately keep that in mind, thank you. Proper posture training is part of the program anyways.
[quote]on edge wrote:
Hi, There are worse injuries than Piriformis Syndrome but it sure is a pain in the ass.
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Guess there’s a “worse” thing for everything, huh?
You’re wrong. I’m lucky not to have it. Guess my mom’s not overly lucky to have it either. But I understand what you mean ;).
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Here are the things I know for sure help me;
-
Foam Rolling. Hit the glutes, hams, hip flexors and piriformis from every angle you can think of. Don’t stick to some textbook recommendation. Follow the pain. I do it intermixed in my warmup, sometimes between working sets and sometimes during free time around the house if it’s acting up. I really wish I had known about foam rolling 9 years ago.
-
Heat. Everyday I put hot water bottles on each side. At night while I’m reading or watching TV, or when I go to bed.
-
Dead Stops. I can’t Squat with intense effort, but I can Box Squat with a good effort and I can usually Deadlift at 100%. I love squatting but there was a time when I couldn’t even do leg extensions so I’m thrilled the be able to DL.
It’s interesting that each side is not quite the same. My right side hates hamstring or piriformis stretches. My left side seems to like stretching, but I have to admit, I’ve been a little timid about implementing consistent stretching on that side. Probably something I should do.
Good luck with yours. Please let me know if you find something very helpful.[/quote]
I find all of the above helpful, thank you. Let’s see what works best.
[quote]FirestormWarrior wrote:
[Guess my mom’s not overly lucky to have it either.
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Funny, my mom said she had the same type of hip pain up until she had children. Having children didn’t seem to help me 
[quote]on edge wrote:
[quote]FirestormWarrior wrote:
[Guess my mom’s not overly lucky to have it either.
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Funny, my mom said she had the same type of hip pain up until she had children. Having children didn’t seem to help me :)[/quote]
Lol.
[quote]bushidobadboy wrote:
[quote]1000yardstare wrote:
apparently i have a severe but hardly noticeable overpronation of my left foot
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This confused me a little. I guess you mean ‘severe in terms of effect, but hardly noticeable in terms of anatomy’…?
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after i wrote that i knew someone would catch it. been lurking a long time here BBB, I KNEW it would be you lol.
your right though. its severe in effect, but unless i had someone look at my gait from groundlevel from my backside while i walked, i would never have caught it.
[quote]bushidobadboy wrote:
[quote]1000yardstare wrote:
apparently i have a severe but hardly noticeable overpronation of my left foot
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This confused me a little. I guess you mean ‘severe in terms of effect, but hardly noticeable in terms of anatomy’…?
BBB[/quote]
Maybe that’s just me not being a native speaker and stuff, but that’s exactly the way I understood that statement…