Physical therapy can help relieve sciatica pain through a variety of techniques, including manual therapy, pain-relieving ...

The pain typically occurs when the body’s piriformis muscle presses on the sciatic nerve which results in inflammation. The piriformis is a muscle that runs down from the lower spine to the butt ...

It is a rare neuromuscular condition where the piriformis compresses the sciatic nerve, which eventually ... apart," but after all the medical tests, her fears of having damaged joints were ...

Piriformis syndrome occurs when the piriformis muscle, located deep in the buttocks, spasms and irritates the nearby sciatic nerve ... along with imaging tests like MRIs or X-rays, is often ...

This week we are going to discuss something which is extremely common in the general population and extremely painful – the piriformis syndrome. The piriformis syndrome is a type of sciatica ...

Sciatica—a radiating pain along the longest nerve in the body—is a health hurdle that many face, yet few fully understand.

This is not true far from the truth as the nerve may itself be pinched under or through the piriformis muscle in the buttock. However, pseudo sciatica differs from sciatica in that it does not ...

Andie MacDowell is getting candid about her journey with hip pain—and receiving a surprising diagnosis that helped her feel better. During a January 23 episode of The Drew Barrymore Show, the 66 ...

"I have piriformis syndrome, so it's a muscle that kind of clamps down on my sciatic nerve, and it was shooting down my leg," she told Barrymore, 49. "I thought I was going to have to have hip ...