Piriformis syndrome can be a real pain in the backside—quite literally! Indeed, symptoms include pain in the glute and/or leg ...

Dr. Carrie Jose, in her latest Health and Wellness column, explains the difference between piriformis syndrome and sciatica.

It's especially good at targeting the piriformis muscle, a flat muscle that sits just above the sciatic nerve. If the ...

The piriformis originates from the tailbone and can irritate the sciatic nerve if it becomes inflamed. Increasing the stretch gradually over time will allow a person’s range of movement to expand.

Review of the literature on relevant injection procedure found that injury to the sciatic nerve is associated with use of the dorsogluteal site for injection, because the sciatic nerve commonly ...

Struggling with lower back pain and tension? Your piriformis muscle could be to blame. Here, a physiotherapist shares three stretches you can do to improve mobility in this area. Suffering with ...

Background It is understood by deep gluteal Syndrome (DGS) the set of symptoms and signs caused by compression of non discogenic sciatic ... nerve deep and superficial gluteus the greater the femoral ...

If you’re a runner (and we’re guessing you are), it is likely you have been confronted with the term ‘sciatica ... nerve is irritated, and it tends to cause less severe symptoms. Piriformis ...

Struggling with sciatic nerve pain? These simple stretches and ... and with sciatica’s triggers ranging from a slipped disc and piriformis syndrome to pregnancy and simply living a sedentary ...