--- In piriformissyndrome@yahoogroups.com, jerseylillie@w... wrote:
>
> I got this off the web search and it pretty well says what I
have...I
> never had a real name for it....but this nerve in my buttocks is
> defently just like this discribes......
> Piriformis Syndrome
> The piriformis is a small muscle in your buttock, which has many
actions
> to help movement to occur at the hip. The sciatic nerve is a large
nerve
> that travels from the lower back and down the back of the leg to
supply
> lots of muscles in the leg and foot. The sciatic nerve passes
underneath
> the piriformis muscle so if this muscle is tight or injured, it
will
> pinch the nerve and cause pain, tingling, or numbness in the
buttock and
> down the rest of the nerve path. These symptoms may be more obvious
> during activities such as squatting, sitting, running and lifting
heavy
> objects.
> A physical therapist can help to teach you how to decrease your
pain and
> increase your healing. After the initial injury is healed, a
physical
> therapist can teach you how to stretch your piriformis muscle and
other
> muscles that can be pinching the sciatic nerve. The physical
therapist
> can also decrease your risk of developing "sciatica" again by
teaching
> you what positions and movements that should and should not be
> performed.
>
> I did a scaitic nerve search on yahoogroups and it gave me this
> group....Im glad you gave your option on his book though....I
can send
> it back unread when it comes this week........my repressed anger
is when
> Ive eaten a few too many fresh baked Choc..chip
cookies...:>)....BonnieW
>
Hi Jersey, I found an article about that nerve many,many yrs ago,it
was in 'JMA' magazine, something like that,I have no idea how I
found this magizine.Thats not the right name for it,but I'll look it
up this weekend, I know i have in my 'pain' file, let me see what it
says but I remember it saying that this muscle is one the Drs.
ignore & something on how to get to it. So I hope I don't hurt to
much to find it for you,I'll copy what I can of it then send it to
you, I'am in So.Calif so don't worry about me showing up at your
door step,my pain stared at age 10,its been 24/7 over 30+yrs now, so
going food shopping layes mye up for a few days.I was going down
my 'Favorits' list, & forgot I put tis site in, but glad I did cause
now I found Mary,I talked to her on a few other sites,now I'am going
to send her a post, maybe she has some idea to get my Ins. to pay
for another IDET. I had one in June 04,but have fell twice since,the
bad one was on the Garage floor,took me 3 wks. to sit,walk or even
sleep,without 'Screaming pain', then it finally started going away,
the 2nd. fall was in the tub of course, about 3-4 wks ago. So thats
why I said if Iam not in alot of pain,I see my Dr. next Fri. so my
supply of meds is low. Aren't you tired of living your life around
when you can get meds. to calm your pain down,I'am so sick of it,
the 'War on Drugs' has hit us painers hard, but were easy targets,I
don't know if you take meds or not, but i have done 'the Natural
Way' a few times, only to not function at all,I missed so much of my
kids young life,like going to Disneyland, the park or just being
with them. Yes I have had P.T. so many times, but she was the only
one my Ins. would pay for & she was terrible,I always left in more
pain, for longer & longer,I knew I would hurt cause I excepted to
use muscles, or streath[?] then out but thought she would help me
get them to work better. No she would hand me a sheet of pictures &
say go to that corner & do these, not telling me how many or if I
was doing them right, she wouldn't do pool therapy with me cause I
didn't have a pool,to keep them up,but I heard many of the others,
say they had no pool either, I finally told my Dr. I'am not going
back for the 6th section, or wks. of P.T. I'am still trying to stay
away from the 'surgey circle,' But glad I found Mary again,she helps
so many people, maybe she can give me some pointers & I'll mail you
when I find that article. Hugs, Pegi