Welcome Dylan. I am not an expert in this but I also have pain when I sit a
lot. Have you consulted a physical therapist or a doctor who deals in sports
medicine? They should be able to give you a diagnosis. A good physical therapist
can also teach you exercises to ease your discomfort.

I recently had a pain in one side of my buttocks which made sitting rather
miserable and I finally decided it was from certain exercises that I did, either
lunges or leg lifts. These were not prescribed for piriformis and in
retrospect I shouldn't have done them so vigorously. I stopped doing them and
the pain
went away.

Good luck to you.

Linja



> 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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