The pain sometimes spreads down your outer thigh too ... can often get misdiagnosed as other hip issues – osteoarthritis, hip bursitis, or piriformis syndrome, to name a few.

Doctors commonly miss Piriformis syndrome as the reason for patient low back pain. The muscle spasm which generates piriformis syndrome produces symptoms resembling low back pain and sciatica or hip ...

Bend the leg of the side you wish to stretch and step it over to the outside ... assess your hip and back,” Mills says. “Because tension in the piriformis can lead to sciatic pain, it ...