Lower back tension can arise from tightness in this muscle. Let’s look at what the piriformis is and the best stretches to provide some relief. The piriformis muscle is a flat muscle in your ...

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 ...

The good news? Yoga poses, specifically pigeon pose—also known as eka pada rajakapotasana in Sanskrit—can help by stretching ...

Stretching and balance exercises can help ... is a condition in which the sciatic nerve is irritated by the piriformis muscle (located behind the hip joint in the buttocks).

This week we are going to discuss a relatively common condition which is sometimes extremely painful and can mimic several other conditions – the piriformis syndrome. The piriformis is a ...