Man, I have a marathon around the end of September... and for the last two months I've tried hard to recover from this piriformis stuff. This SUCKS! I'm running the Big Sur Trail Marathon in five weeks, and I've had to take the last two months off (running). Anyone have good advice or experienced this kind of thing? I’m stretching the heck out of my hip / butt, I use Tigerbalm, and I’ve taken it easy for a while now. What else can I do?

I started dealing with piriformis right before the RnR. I was totally sidelined for most of the rest of June and July, missing the SF marathon. I am just now recovering and getting PT 3 times a week. Massage and stretching helps but more so, working on my core muscles is making the biggest difference...it takes the strain off the piriformis. I can totally empathize and hope you can recover sooner than later!

Thanks for all the info! I've taken a break from running, I've stretched, used Tigerbalm, and now I'm going to try the tennis ball. I need to start running again though... I'm really hoping this heals enough for my run at the end of the month. Thanks again for responding.

That helps... even though I had an idea of what the stretches looked like. It's always nice to double check (and more so when the pictures are descent to look at). No offense, but who wants to look at a dude stretching… well, maybe women do (but I even have my doubts there). I just figured out something… my core muscles are pretty strong, so I was thinking that can’t be the reason. Then I realized, a fractured rip in the front, and three bruised rips in the back (all on the same side) have caused my oblique to become fatigued and strained. Funny thing is, that is the same side with the hip and Piriformis problems. I’m wondering if I’m stuck with a lot of pain until my ribs and oblique heal… I should probably stop grappling… this kind of sucks.