Treatment for Piriformis Pain

You may have been told that you have piriformis syndrome, but actually there can be several reasons why your piriformis muscle may be tight or in a painful spasm. In this video, Maryke explains how you can treat piriformis syndrome or a tight piriformis muscle.

Chapters:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:42 Anatomy of the piriformis muscle
00:01:04 Why the piriformis muscle can cause pain
00:02:37 Tip 1 - Get the right diagnosis
00:04:00 Tip 2 - Stretches for piriformis pain
00:07:44 Tip 3 - Massage for piriformis pain
00:11:03 Tip 4 - Strength training for piriformis pain
00:13:21 Tip 5 - Be careful with hamstring stretches for piriformis pain

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[cymraesfalch]

Thank you, yet again, and again Maryika. I have got an inflamed pirifirmis, as my local osteopath explained, plus therefore other muscles behaving in sympathy, and pressure on the sciatic nerve .. exactly as you also showed. Your instructions are so understanding. Doing a full stretch figure 4 is sooo awful and just caused worse so caution is such good advice. I was trying too hard. Now i am trying to listen ! Thank you for being so clear, words, images, organisation of explanation and demonstration. Keep up the good work, please.

[kevinbeattie]

Great information - I was 'diagnosed' with Deep Gluteal Syndrome 3 days ago and have experienced all 5 of these mistakes in the 3 days since. It's difficult to know where to start to build back again but this has helped me stay positive and recognise that gentle and often is going to be key at the start until the nerve settles down and the surrounding. Good that you focus on addressing the dysfunction and imbalances of the surrounding muscles to relieve the piriformis for long term health.

[glennsanjose]

For the longest time I thought it was the side of my hip that's tight, tried this and now my hip feels loose thank you so much I feel relieved.

[gaylefraser]

Thank you for this, and I have to say I love how “real” this video is!

[loribecchi]

I get that pain whenever I sit too long for a week or so..the stretches always help and I'm glad I found this, you demonstrate it well
I have done the tennis ball on floor but never tried it on wall, easier.. and not as painful, thanks!

[quarterhorse]

Thank you.This is exactly what I was looking for. The stretch helped me relieve the pain quite a bit

[hael]

2 years with pain. No physiotherapists, no massage therapy, no exercise, no stretching were helping. Everything I was trying was just flaring me up. I convinced a physiatrist (specialist in physical rehabilitation) to give me a botox injection. 3 weeks after, most of my symptoms are gone. I can now work on rehabilitation.

[shellyfedako]

You’re so flexible! I’m impressed and love your videos; they are informative, practical, and very helpful.

[mrudulavijayendra]

Excellent explanation. Thanks. It helped me understand the reason for my pain better.

[famz]

How often should you do the clam stretch? Btw hamstring stretches is what actually caused the problem in the first place. I also have anterior pelvic tilt. Massaging the actual area makes it worse as its lower down. And it literally burns!! Thanks so much for all the info!!

[nomazulutshuma]

Thanks so much, this is very helpful information.

[riffcrescendo]

Thanks very much. The knee to chest exercise worked wonders.

[xevox]

These tips really made me feel better, thank you! I’ve started a daily routine consisting of stretches, massage and strengthening per session. In what order would you recommend doing these in and how many sessions? For now, I’m aiming for 3 sessions per day.

[Skyscraper]

Love the way you are explaining ❤️ i am gonna do these. In pain since last 6 months.

[EmGee]

Thank you so much for putting the time and effort into education us. I got some great tips out of it - like beware of the hamstring stretch.

[elppedro]

Many thanks, I am going to do the stretches and bridges. I fell backwards, fairly hard mostly on the right side of my butt and think my left side is still trying to overcompensate by staying really tight. Two weeks later my right side hurts no more but now the left side is very painful!!

[thomasjcox]

How are you suppose to do these stretches if you’re in so much pain from this injury??

[pjfoltz]

My sciatic nerve root is damaged, so my sciatic nerve hurts me 24/7. My piriformis muscle huts me 24/7 also. My pain mgmt doctor is not interested in finding out what is causing the extra severe pain.

[towitowi]

Ciekawe i konkretne porady. Spróbuję ćwiczyć ale nie jestem aż tak rozciągnięty.

[johnwatson]

Very good advice 6 months sorted then done a garden job. Now back to answers had x ray nothing to see