
The piriformis is a fairly tiny muscle but man it can sure cause a lot of pain. Also, I was told years ago that my sciatic nerve didn't run under the muscle like it's supposed to, it runs through the muscle. So when the sciatic nerve gets inflamed it can set off the piriformis and vice versa. Nice!!! Since both running and swimming aggravate it and since that's what I was supposed to do this morning, I stayed in bed :) No, actually I'm not very happy with not working out but I'm not going to kill myself either.
I had this about 4 years ago and it was incredibly painful at the time. Then we got a new mattress with a big, thick mattress topper and that seemed to help a lot. Apparently that wasn't it because now it's back :(
Anyway, that's the story of me and my butt. Hopefully I can get in to see Jesse today and get it fixed. I have a long bike ride tomorrow although biking doesn't seem to bother it for some weird reason. Oh well.....
2 comments:
Sorry to hear about your butt muscle hurting! Hope that goes away soon.
Yes, I've had the piriformis thing. It can really mess you up if you don't get it under control. Tennis balls and icing work wonders.
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