Hi Dylan,
I will describe what I have experienced.

Piriformis symptoms are usually accompanied by sciatic
nerve pain down the back of the leg.
Most sciatic nerve problems are usually back related.
It can feel like you have been kicked in the butt in
the area of the hip joint. The pain is usually very
localised in one area. Sitting is usually very
painful. Sitting makes your leg go on fire as the
sciatic nerve gets trapped by the piriformis muscle as
it passes through the pelvic notch.
Standing after sitting is also usually very painful as
is climbing stairs. The piriformis muscle rotates the
leg outwards (as in the classic Charlie Chaplin
stance). During hip replacement surgery the piriformis
muscle is cut.
What happens when you sit ?
Please describe your symptoms in detail ?

Have you had an MRI of the hip joint to rule out
arthritis in the joint ?

James.

P.S Where in the U.K are you ?
Ex Brit in Canada here.





--- Dylan Walker <dylanwalker@...> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I was so pleased to find this egroup. Good idea?
>
> I have had pain in my bottom and lower back for 7
> years. I am now 33.
> For years I thought it was back pain but nobody
> could find out the
> cause. After seeing so many specialists the best
> they could come up
> with is that discs are not involved. They think it
> is muscular.
>
> Then, this year, I did a treck in the mountains and
> despite a heavy
> rucksack my back was absolutely fine. My buttocks
> though, continue to
> give me continuous aching pain when sitting, and I
> finally came to
> the conclusion that the pain might actually be in my
> buttocks.
>
> Thats when I came across piriformis. However, I
> don't have pain in my
> legs, apart from the odd tingley sensation. Sitting
> down has become
> my worst nightmare over the years and I will do
> anything to avoid it.
>
> Since researching piriformis on the web I have
> regularly done some
> exercises for it and they seemed to have helped.
> However I feel I
> need to do more but don{t know who to turn to and
> what to try next.
> Of course, I don´t know if I am even right about it
> being piriformis.
>
> I would therefore welcome the experiences or
> opinions of others,
> whether they think my pain is similar or does not
> fit with yours.
>
> Thanks and speedy recovery to you all.
>
> Dylan Walker
>
> England
>
>
>
>
>


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