Drew, I don't know whether you have piriformis syndrome ... hopefully someone
else can answer that. Have you seen a physical therapist?

I've been reading a book called "A Headache in the Pelvis" by Wise and
Anderson. They talk about how an injury can leave the muscles in the pelvic
region
tight long after the original injury has healed. This tightness causes a lot
of pain. You might benefit from reading it to see if your symptoms fit the
pattern they discuss. Also, back injury cause a similar problem, chronic tension
in the back which prevents healing.

Good luck.
In a message dated 1/20/06 8:43:36 AM, piriformissyndrome@yahoogroups.com
writes:


> My name is Drew & I live in the UK.
> I have had the symptoms below for about 20 years,I was 17 when I
> first felt my first symptoms.
> I must point out that I have seen many "Specialists" and so far I
> have had no luck with a concrete diagnosis.
>
> Below are my symptoms.
>
> Deep Left buttock pain.
> Sharp pain in my left groin and hip.
> left lower back pain
> Left side pain above my left hip.
> Left leg sometimes comes out at a angle after sitting down for a
> while.
> The only way I can describe this in words is that the I look like a
> compass,you know what you use with a pencil to draw a circle
> with.when this happens the pain in my left groin region is very
> sharp and painful and i can not move my left leg.After a while it
> settles down and i can move again. 
> I hate sitting in cars or chairs.The pain can be bad.
> If I stand for a while the pain can be bad too.
>
> The above symptoms are the main symptoms but there a few others.
> The specialist have said that I have a small L5 disc prolapse but
> nothing serious.Everytime I have a MRI scan or Xray the specialist
> asks me if I have been in an accident? and I haven't!
> My MRI scan on my My Left hip has a bit of arthritis but the
> specialist thinks that my problem is something else.
> Is this something else the Piriformis syndrome ?
> After searching the internet I came across the condition and there
> are a few things that I recognize.
> Could you please give me your honest opinion after reading the above
> and tell me if my symptoms match that of a piriformis syndrome
> sufferer.
>
> Thank you for your time.
> Any help or advice will be appreciated.
>
> Drew in the UK.
>
>



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