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posted: 1/31/2007 at 8:45 PM |
Piriformis. Maybe I should start a pain in the butt group or something. I am currently receiving treatment from my physical therapy at the moment. From what I understand, sciatica is a general term for any pain in that area. The most common diagnosis is an inflamed piriformis.
The sciatic nerve is a huge bundle of nerve (think the thickness of a pencil) that exits near your tail bone, goes along the piriformis muscle, and traverse down your leg. If for some reason, one of your muscles is inflamed, it pushes against the nerve and you'll get all kinds of pain and weakness in the leg.
The sad news is there is no other way of fixing the problem other than rest. I haven't ran in over 3 weeks and the problem still persists to some extent. Running will aggravate it more because you're putting a lot of weight on the nerve. I resorted to doing some cross training right now.
Here's what my physical therapist did for me so far. I received several treatments with ultrasound. It's not fun. After that, it's deep muscle massage. That's not as fun as it sounds either. During all this time, I've been stretching the hamstring and the piriformis. Now I'm onto the stationary bike to strengthen the hamstring. Frankly, I don't have high hopes that they'll fix my problem, but I feel that it's better than stewing at home that I can't run.
Anyway, this probably didn't help, but I feel your pain. |
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