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Comment on Piriformis Syndrome. by Heidi

Heidi — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:43:52 +0000

Dear Rosemary- Can you tell us what the three stretches are that you have been doing?

Comment on Piriformis Syndrome. by Rosemary

Rosemary — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:50:31 +0000

I’ve had Piriformis Syndrome for 2 years and (just two days ago) diagnosed it myself, after seeing 12 Health professionals ranging from Neurologists to Accupunturists to Spine Docs, to Pain Management Docs, Psychotherapists to Chiropractors. I read Sarnos books too, by the way. But Sarno does not tell you how to stretch the Piriformis muscle from being overworked and compressed. Sometimes, it’s just not that complicated!!! What tools did I use to diagnose it? A TENS unit, a pen, a sheet of scratch paper Google and YouTube. I’ve spent close to $20K (and I have insurance) trying to get to the bottom of this. I’ve had four MRIs, one EMG, 9 X-rays, a hysterectomy and a little over two years of hell. Oh, and I forgot to mention how many physical therapists I’ve seen and podiatrists for the associated foot pain that has developed from it. How do I know I’m correct? Because I found three extremely effective Piriformis Syndrome Stretches and have been doing them periodically for a period of 48 hours and the pain is leaving! Am I confident that I can now resume my long walks, hiking trips, elliptical machine and weight resistance training? Well, no..not yet. Do I need to see if I’m in the 17 percent of the population that has the sciatic nerve traveling directly through the piriformis muscle by having an MRN? Yes, why not? Do I need cortisone/botox injected into the piriformis muscles? Yes, probably…give these stretches a nice boost and lets go back to living again. If the nerve is traveling through the center of the muscle, then I’m all for the surgery to free it up. If it isn’t (which I expect to be the case) then I’m all for stretching as many times a day as I need to, having an occasional hit with a needle if needed and beginning to return to a life with no chronic pain and money to spend on something besides Dr. Bills.

Comment on Piriformis Syndrome. by Lesley Robins

Lesley Robins — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:19:17 +0000

Thank God for this site & all of your appreciation you show of this excrutiating debilitating & relentless pain. So glad to feel less alone with this problem. My own story started in October 2009. I am a qualified nurse & midwife & mother of nine children. I worked 30hr weeks, had a good social life. did at least an hour a day at the gym & had so much energy that even doing fun things with the children was exciting & my lifestyle was in a great place for me, life was good. Then in Nov 09 I started to sduffer from sciatica. Having had short bursts of this during some of my pregnancies, I carried on waiting for it to subside as it usually did over a few days or at most a couple of weeks. Unfortunately, it just persisted over Christmas & the New Year & like most busy mums do – I ignored it & just put up with it! Sitting was excruciating, as was standing for any length of time. Eventually, in Jan, I stopped volunteering for homebirths or shifts on labour ward & only opted for postnatal ward each day at work. My reasoning for this was that the 14hour shifts in a room with a labouring woman involved lots of standing or sitting. Postnatal on the other hand, meant post op women & newborns needing constant observation & other new mums were ringing for help with breastfeeding, pain relief etc. so it meant being on my feet for 14hr days which lessened the pain a little. In Feb 09 my husband was taken into intensive care & put into an induced coma – so life was even more hectic for the next 6wks until her was conscious. As soon as he woke – I went straight into see him & he burst into tears! He was so upset at the sight of me. I had lost over 34 pounds & was walking with a really pronounced limp – and I hadn’t even noticed how bad it had got – I was too busy to notice & just put up with it! Iwas totally unable to sit at all & the only wat to find some relief was to kneel on my hands & knees, so this is the only way I “sat” at home. Hubby made me promise to go to the doctors straight away. So in March, I visited my GP who immediately diagnosed a slipped disc & referred me to an orthopaedic Surgeon. After an MRI & x-ray, a definate diagnosis of two herniated discs was confirmed. I also had some scoliosis & some osteoporosis. Surgery to remove the large disc bulges was arranged for the end of June. Throughout all this time, the pain was getting worse & worse. I couldnt sit down at all, other than on my knees leaning forward. I even slept on my knees! I could hardly stand or walk as the pain hade slowly made me lean more & more forward to compensate. My husband tells me I used to cry in pain in my sleep! In May I was referred to the pain team by my surgeon. The team put me onto crutches to straighten my posture & they started me on regular voltarol & liquid morphine, which helped a little but I was still only able to sit on my knees & walking upright even with the crutches was agony. Sciatica down both legs, pain in my lower back, buttocks, thighs, through my calves right down to my heels . Sharp, intense, pins & needles like short bursts of sharp electric shocks continuously. I had the microdiscectomy op as scheduled & the surgeon was pleased with the result. The pain however, had not gone at all & I could still only sleep/sit on my knees,only walk with crutches only the, if I was taking the anti-imflammatories & morphine regularly. Isaw the surgeon 6wks after surgery & he just said he was happy the surgery was a success & didn’t want to see me anymore! t
This even though I told him the pain hadn,t subsided. I was then left with a referral to physio which finally sent me appointment for August. I duly went along to see them & after a 20 minute assessment – which left me crying with agony-they said that I was in far too much pain for them to do anything with me. They then made a referral to the pain clinic for December. Off I went to the appointment & he upped my morphine dosage, started me on large dose of anti depressants & anti epileptic pills that all had proven side effects of helping with nerve pain. After taking all of these regularly until September 2010 & still being in constant agony & by this time, unable to stand let alone walk even with the crutches & nobody offered any help to me or my family.I was unable to bathe,wash myself,dress/undress myself & spent lots of time sleepy & confused due to the medication. My husband insisted I went back to my GP which I did at the end of Sept. He then referred me back to the pain clinic & back to the surgeon again! I saw the pain clinic consultant in January 2011 & he told me I looked like a 70year old woman (I’m 40!). He then added slow release 40mg morphine tablets to take twice daily, 20mg diazepam, 35MCG slow release, weekly patch to my ever growin prescription list! He also made an urgent referral back to the surgeon. I finally got an appointment with the orthopaedic surgeon in May 2011! He sais he could not see anything on MRI but felt that a spinal fusion & Laminectomy might do the trick. By this time, I had been off work for over a year & I had to rely on my husband & older children for every day care as I was totally “out of it” most of the time & could not be left alone. I struggled sleeping because of the pain so was prescribed by my GP, huge amounts of a very harsh sleeping tablets (75mg amiltryptiline) Because of the morphine, I was feeling nauseous constantly & itching to the point of being cover in raw skin where I had scratched off whole layers! S I was prescribed antihistimines & anti-emetics (anti- sickness) tablets to add to my daily medication regime! I was given the surgery in June 2011 & within a few hours of the operation – the pain came back with a vengeace! I had to stay in hospital for 5 days but then they refused to dicharge me until they had placed safe disability aids in my home. No matter that we had lived without them for last 18mths! I came home to bath rails, inflatable bath aids. heightened toilet seats & permenent handrails in both toilets, a new handrail up the stairs. Again the pain was back & now I was confined to a wheelchair as I couldn’t put any weight on my feet because the pain was so intense, from the arches of me feet right up my calves,thighs,buttocks & lower back along with being constantly sleepy & confused due to the amount of medication. Unable to get a wheelchair upstairs, I was having to crawl around on my hands & knees as I was still in too much pain to stand or sit upright.My feet, knees & elbows are covered in calluses from having to crawl everywhere. My friends had all stopped visiting because I’d often fall asleep mid conservation or telling them things over & over that I had already told them & forgotten. My confidence dropped so badly that I just couldn’t go out to socialize or family parties etc. I was left this way again until December. At this time I was referred to the mental health team & diagnosed with bi polar disorder & given even MORE medication. Four days before Christmas, I took a very large overdose as a suicide attempt. I just could not bear the pain anymore, as well being a burden to my family & losing my independence & dignity. I was released from hospital the day before Christmas Eve & went through Christmas & New Year still in agony & seeing no light at the end of the tunnel! Eventually I spoke to my GP yet again, & he referred me to community physio. In thbe middle of January, a physiotherapist came to my home & said that he had seen my MRI & he had no idea how I’d coped so long as he could see that all of my muscles had shortened considerably and the same with my nerves, He was very kind & told me it would be a long recovery process. He started me on a few exercises that had me in floods of tears because of the pain, but I so wanted to get back on my feet & out of pain. After a couple of visits & without warning, instead of him turning up for my appointment, a different physio appeared & told me he had taken over from the last one! Anyhow, he watched me move, saw my notes & immediately felt me at key points & immediately asked if I had heard of Piriformis Syndrome. I replied that I hadn’t & he advised that I research it as it seems almost certain that this was what I was suffering from! Oh the delight of not feeling like a fraud! The happiness that I feel havin planning with the physio – a slow, helpful, program of physiotherapy with a view to using excercise & soft stretching to help me towards a path of hopefully much less pain & totally attainable goals! I would love to hear stories of people who have been diagnosed with Piriformis Syndrome & actually got to a place where the pain is manageable or even gone completely! I can’t seem to find answers to how long this can last or if you suffer for life but the symptoms are lessened. I want to know if this is going to be a life long syndrome that can still flare up occasionally or goes completely. Sorry if I seem to babble on – but it is so helpful to see I’m not alone in this & the constant, neverending agony is not just me being a wimp but real. Thanks for listening guys – hope all your suffering is short x

Comment on Piriformis Syndrome. by Roberto Mahave

Roberto Mahave — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:45:23 +0000

Hey Allison

I am very interested to know about the outcome of your surgery with Dr. Filler. Could you please post an update ?

A brother in pain from Chile

-R

Comment on Piriformis Syndrome. by Jon Field

Jon Field — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:35:12 +0000

I have been fighting the Piriformis pain for almost 3 months now.This is the punishment I get for all the years of basketball,jogging,and snowboarding with minimal warmups and stretching.After reading all of these posts,I feel really defeated.My doctors are worthless in diagnosing and treating the unbearable pain I live with daily.I can no longer drive a car because I cant sit .I wake every morning at 4 am with the pain in my left buttock that brings me to tears.My stretches actually seem like they make it worse and leave me with a “raw”feeling in my muscles.My life is at the mercy of this pain.I am trying to get the botox or steroid shot for now so that I can at least make it to work and to PT.How can something so simple hurt so bad?I need help and there seems to be no solution in sight.

Comment on Piriformis Syndrome. by Alison Pierce

Alison Pierce — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 06:10:05 +0000

2 years and 8 months ago I had a severe fall on concrete that resulted in crippling low back pain and sciatica that went into my foot. >My local doctors in Washington state pushed me off on pain clinics that seemed to take endless shots in the dark.(ESI’S, facet blocks, ect) A periformus injection was tried..Effective for a short time but the relief wouldn’t last. My pain specialist said,”I’m sorry but nothing I try seems to work.” And then he said to go back to my Primary care Dr. for more direction. At this point I began to advocate for myself. My inlaws live in California so I flew in to Santamonica to seek treatment at the UCLA comprehensive Spine Center. I met with a Dr. A Nick Shamie who was spot on with his diagnosis from the first time I met with him. When I fell I damaged the ligaments that held the SI joint in place which resulted in sacroilitis and a Periformus syndrome. Long story short-he ended up doing a minimally invasive si fusion with ifuse screws. Afterwards he referred me to Dr. Aaron Filler in August of 2011. After a very thorough initial patient exam I returned to Washington state with orders for MRN imaging and a second botox injection. UW in Seattle,WA has MRN imaging so I made the 3 hour trip there to get the MRN. When the pictures came back severe inflammation was seen around the siatic notch. This confirmed Dr. Fillers diagnosis so surgery was scheduled for November 10 of 2o11 at Cedars Sianai hospital in la (WILL write more later)
Ally

Comment on Piriformis Syndrome. by noel briggs

noel briggs — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:51:23 +0000

I have been suffering from piriformis syndrome for over 7 years. therapy has only made my pain worse,. allergic to steroids. Oct 31, 2011. I finally got my Dr. to give me my first botox injection. I went from barely moving to volunteering at an animal shelter 2 hrs. a day. I was in heaven. then my worst nightmare happened. The injection wore off. it seemed to happen very fast, not slowly and it didn’t last the three months as expected. now I’m in pain again counting the hours until i am able to get the next shot. (like a drug addict) Is it etched in stone that the injections be spaced 3 months. I’ve gone from being productive and worth something, making a difference to worthless. And my dr doesn’t give a crap. Does anyone have any information about how long these injections last?

Comment on Piriformis Syndrome. by joanie lindsay

joanie lindsay — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 04:15:04 +0000

I recently had lumbar spinal decompression and was having “barbed wire” pain in my buttocks and down my legs to my knee. As my MRI results seemed to show no nerve restriction, I am being sent to pain management. On my first visit, was prescribed neurontin and given some (5) needle sticks in my buttocks. 5 days later, the pain has gone from prickly pain to severe tightness pain in buttocks, hips down legs, and has now gone into lower part of legs which was the ONLY place I wasn’t having pain previously. I went from getting prickly pain after prolonged sitting to now being barely able to sit at all. The injections seemed to make my problem go from bad to worse and seemed to throw the 11 weeks of PT I had down the drain and start me back at worse than square one. I said all this to say be careful of letting someone stick needles in your piriformis as it may elevate your pain.

Comment on Piriformis Syndrome. by olivier Laude

olivier Laude — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 19:38:35 +0000

Ok folks, I have not chimed in since this post has been up, as it’s author I am obliged to keep abreast of it’s activity and who visits and their concerned about their chronic pain…which as you all know is a misery as reflected in these comments. Of all the 275 blog entries I have posted since April 2007, none have generated more interest than all my other, more “interesting” posts…and the reason for than is that pain rules most of your lives. I personally have long ago given up on the Piriformis diagnosis and/or spinal herniation and the myriad of what I call “bad spinal” medicine, which seems to be the norm in modern clinical medicine…. a failure of immense proportions…!
As it turns out, most chronic pain issues, and especially those which involve the back or legs, neck and arms are due to TMS (Tension Myositis Syndrome) as discovered by a NYU physician called John E.Sarno… Your best bet is to pick up his latest book and read it carefully” The Divided Mind, The Epidemic of Mindbody Disorders” or any of his previous books…all easily found on Amazon… you can also go to this URL http://tmswiki.org/ and find out more about TMS. Chances are you have TMS…. Read his book with an open mind and take the steps to feel better….. Best to all of you…..

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Darrell Eager — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 21:18:51 +0000

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Comment on Piriformis Syndrome. by Milton

Milton — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 23:10:19 +0000

Greetings, lying in bed with heating pad under my buttock, pillow under my knees… thinking; am I going crazy! Is this pain real? Is this a life worth living? How on earth can it hurt so much for so long? Most people don’t understand; just suck it up and live with it!
I now have much empathy for my son in-law whom has suffered with chronic back pain for many years; experience is a cruel teacher
I feel much sadness reading the stories here of all the painful suffering we are all going though. Thanks for the tips and advice on dealing with this. I’m not sure where I’m heading on my journey with this pain; however now I have some comfort in knowing there are others whom understand what I’m going through.
Best wishes for everyone, Milton

Comment on Piriformis Syndrome. by Will

Will — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:04:43 +0000

Sorry to hear about your problems. Hang in there as with persistence you can find a solution. ART is active release therapy where you try and break up the scar tissue/adhesions that have formed over time. ART alone didn’t work for me and seemed to aggravate the condition as one guy was very aggressive – I used to get brutal spasms in the glute at 4am which was totally misery.

PT and chiro didn’t work for me either – then I added a good deep tissue massage therapist to buttocks and lower back, as well as psoas muscle, IT band – but I think butt/low back did the trick together with a chiro adjustment. Took at least 5 visits twice a week. I had chronic butt pain with left foot numbness for almost 10 years. I sit a lot myself as an IT programmer – I often cross my left leg over and other things that don’t help. My feeling is get rid of the pain first before you do PT (strengthen abs, etc). Hope it helps!

Comment on Piriformis Syndrome. by Pat

Pat — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 16:51:45 +0000

I have been in the same pain for a year and a half and I cannot believe others are experiencing this also. I have pain bilaterally – down both legs and both buttocks. It started with severe pain down both legs and sitting was impossible. It is now a year and a half later and I find I can sit for about an hour now without the tingling and pain down both legs but I can’t work still and I’m frightened of my future. It made me sad to see others are feeling so desperate and I too have thought of suicide as a way out but I don’t think I could do it either. I still have hope some days and I’ve tried accupuncture, PT for months, chiropractic, and nothing really helped significantly although I think they all helped a little. My doctor wants me to have a nerve block on my right leg as I have a nerve that seems to be irritated on the inner thigh that we both think is possibly a separate issue. I wold consider the botox as I think it could be piriformis since i sat VERY long hours for years before this all happened daily. I worked too much and now i am not working at all which is scary. I jumped through hoops to get the MRI Neurography approved by my doctors and health insurance here in Massachusetts but so far I can’t get it covered – and this is after months of convincing my doctor to give me the order so it’s been a ridiculous waste of time. I cannot say enough how much I think the healthcare industry is so poor despite the fact that I have the best health insurance around (or one of the best). There is an MRI neurography here in MA and I would like to do it at some point but I need a doctor who can help me get it approved. nobody believes in piriformis either so it’s hard to get help for this but I can’t go on much longer like this either – it’s just misery. I’m glad I found this page. thank you and hope to hear from others about what helped them. I read somewhere that Myotherapy helps so that is what I’m going to try next. OH and what is ART therapy? I looked it up and only found art therapy which I don’t think is what people mean here!

Comment on Piriformis Syndrome. by Richard Clarke

Richard Clarke — Tue, 17 May 2011 11:06:58 +0000

Hi guys and gals

Had the same problem for six years now, no permanent relief in sight, the UK health service cannot cope with this problem.

Just a small piece of information though – for those having trouble sitting, a kneeling chair / stool has reduced sitting pain symptoms dramatically for me as it unloads the glutes and reduces the pressure on the already pressured sciatic nerve. Was worried at first as it hurt my knees for the first few days, but am now used to it and the knees are fine. Even driving now is less painful due to reduced pain generally, I suspect the reduced load is allowing things to heal a bit.

Hope this helps

Rich

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Comment on Piriformis Syndrome. by Will

Will — Fri, 06 May 2011 19:28:12 +0000

Okay guys it’s Will, I’m baaaaaack! :0

Sorry to hear that some of you still have pain and while everyone might have different issues I have learned a few things since I last posted. Like I said above I’ve done everything from chiro, ART, IMS, botox, prolotherapy, nerve root blocks, physio, stretching, sitting on a dog ball (trigger points), ice, heat, blah blah blah.

The last time I got relief I couldn’t figure out exactly what it was but I started doing ART yet again but slightly different (not as aggressive for one), but then I added massage and some chiro. That did the trick for 6 months after stopping treatment. Then we moved to the east coast and it started up again in sept 2010 when I was sitting a lot for my day job. At the time the pain improved I was also taking glucosamine and calcium so I wasn’t sure.

So out here I thought it’s probably the massage since I had never done that before so I started massage only. It didn’t help. So it took awhile but I found a chiro who does a little ART but also has a deep tissue massage therapist on staff. So I started doing both and voila the pain was gone after a few visits. I still have some numbness but the pain is gone. It mostly came when I stood up, you get that nagging jab in your butt. This time I wasn’t really taking anything.

For massage make sure you get a deep tissue massage therapist who knows his/her stuff. Mine has science degrees and differentiates herself from those who ‘push hard’ to use her words. Surprisingly there is little pain when she does her thing – she focuses on the glutes (both sides as you usually compensate by leaning on your right side) as well as the lower back, really sensitive spots in the center between the verterbrae it seems.

It’s really hard to believe I was able to first get relief after many many years of grief, and when it came back, to find another set of folks who could replicate what I did. Don’t be doing physio at first when you are in pain, as you need to relieve the pain first, usually there are lots of adhesions and scar tissue in the muscle. Then after the trigger points and scar tissue are gone, you work to stretch and then strengthen the muscles. So many people try to stretch and strengthen right away which only aggravates the condition or is ineffective. Hope that helps!

Comment on Piriformis Syndrome. by Anne Chaisson

Anne Chaisson — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 18:04:48 +0000

I feel like I’ve just found a lost family. I am lying in bed with a heating pad and an iPad because I can’t sit at all. It’s been a year and a half but I’m starting to lose it and am glad to know I’m not crazy, just in unbearable pain. Thanks for the helpful advice as I will start a few today.

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Comment on Piriformis Syndrome. by Mamainpain

Mamainpain — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 04:24:46 +0000

I’ve had buttock pain on and off for a long time. I ran and biked alot. Now i do yoga but a few weeks of hiking and spinning and it’s turned into major sciatica. I sleep so nicely and it feels great. But then it kills as soon as I stand up. Forget about sitting. I actually set the floor for dinner and my spouse lays on the floor with me to eat together. To go on an outing together, I lay in the back of our wagon. When I must drive I have found that sittin on a small plastic binders helps some. So does vocalizing ( scream, yell, sing or whistle. I’m doing accupunture (not helping) and seeing a chiropractor that also does message. In all my research I plan to use massage, trigger point therapy, a good diet, releasing pent up emotions, creating positive affirmations, rest, and most importantly muscle balance therapy. It’s the recipe I’m working on anyway. Hope that helps.

Comment on Piriformis Syndrome. by Melissa

Melissa — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:44:25 +0000

I am glad I stumbled across this site…it is refreshing and yet difficult to hear of many others who are suffering and not finding relief. I have been in pain that has increased across the last 11 months…it started as a slight pain and has moved to a constant all day, every day no matter what I do. I was training for a marathon when the pain first started and had to postpone that…I ran a half marathon this weekend after taking a little break the past couple months from doctors/therapy/chiro/etc. I have tried ART therapy, traditional therapy, chiro and nothing has worked. I live in a super small town and acu/massage is not really available…I drive 90 miles one way to get to my docs! I was wondering if anyone has tried the wedge device?? Also I am scheduled in two weeks for RF ablation on the L5-S1 area to see if that will relieve the low back, sciatic, piriformis pain. I guess I am still lucky because my pain is limited to the low back, piriformis, hamstring areas…has yet to go down past my knee. The pain in the piriformis is so bad that I often stand all day sitting on that tennis ball is worse than a visit to the dentist for a root canal…I hate the tennis ball!!!! Any feedback on the wedge or the RF ablation would be appreciated!!

Comment on Piriformis Syndrome. by Linmarie

Linmarie — Tue, 25 May 2010 16:38:56 +0000

Will, I’m happy to hear you are better. I’ve also been having alot of massage therapy & sitting on a tennis ball at times. I have to be careful with the stretches, they exacerbate the pain. Yesterday, I tried the piriformis stretches again & they really increase my pain. So, I agree with you that my pain is not necessarily piriformis or I’m hurting it someway with the stretches. Other glute stretches don’t hurt as much. I’ve decided against the botox (for now). I’m thinking about contacting the doc in Santa Monica that specializes in the area. The massage therapist does help. I am going to try a hot springs spa again tomorrow. Last time I went, I felt better everywhere except the ischium (inflammation?) Hope your pain doesn’t come back this time.
Linmarie

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