piriformis injury..

[tess444]

....anyone here ever injure their piriformis...and if so how long did it take to heal ...any tips on what to totally avoid ...seems like i pulled/strained/partially tore mine and it hurts like a bitch in the glute and even down my leg as it is swollen and pushing against my sciatic nerve a bit...

any help is appreciated

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[4031]

just wondering how you injured it?

[tess444]

squatting and then stretching or more overstretching is a lil more accurate...put in some serious lunging too

[vabeckele]

go and ask a doctor to put u to sleep and while under manipulate that area by stretching your legs etc... it could help as while under you can really get those muscles and stuff pulled out

[Martin Blank]

The best way to treat piriformis syndrome is by heating 15-20 minutes 3 times per day and stretching 3-5 times per day. Massage therapy/soft tissue mobilization works well also. It is actually a very common injury. Avoid deep squats/ lunges, basically any motion that activates the glutes for about 2-4 weeks. When you eventually add those exercises back into your routine, warm up really well and start at about 50 percent of the weight you were using before the injury. The piriformis muscle sits atop the sciatic nerve, the big nerve running down the back of your leg, but about 20 percent of the population has the nerve running through the muscle and for these people the healing time is usually a little longer. If you are also having lumbosacral pain it is possible that you have rotated your sacrum or ilium and that is what is causing the muscle to be tight in the first place. If after a couple of weeks you don't see improvement I would reccomend seeing a chiropractor who also has a massage therapist in their office. Good Luck.

[Alchemy]

acupunture the piriformis muscles and then you need to have the PSIS and maybe the sacrum adjusted

Alc

[tess444]

Well it turns out I have a severely strained Piriformis and upper hamstring...I guess overstretching after taking a break and having tightened up quite a bit is the end result...should have known better.

The result now is two full weeks off from any type of training that will activate the piriformis...in other words NO LEGS other than calves...very light leg extension partials are ok too but monitoring them is necessary...

I recommend to anyone suffering from this to totally take a break...its been two weeks now and although i dramatically reduced poundages and frequency the injury is 90% of what it was in the first place...R.I.C.E for the win guys...by far this is the worst timing as i was just about to run another full cycle as I have been on cruise control for 12 weeks...not fun...

Thanks for all the input and I will update my condition after the weeks following

tess

[gymlion77]

I thought the piriformis was part of the a pelvis muscle..right? So It must stretch around to the back of the hip and down if it is bad to do squats.

[tess444]

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Originally Posted by gymlion77

I thought the piriformis was part of the a pelvis muscle..right? So It must stretch around to the back of the hip and down if it is bad to do squats.

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lies in the center of the buttock and overtop of the sciatic nerve...in 15% of people the actual sciatic nerve runs through the piriformis...when the piriformis is injured it swells, in turn pressuring the sciatic nerve and causing pain down the back and outside of the leg.