Piriformis syndrome is a condition that causes pain, numbness, or tingling in the buttocks and down the back of the leg. It occurs when the piriformis muscle spasms and compresses the sciatic nerve.
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00:00I think as you age, as you age, lift weights,
00:04work with a PT person to build your muscles.
00:08I am building my, I have piriformis syndrome,
00:12so it's a muscle that kind of clamps down
00:15on my sciatic nerve.
00:17And it was shooting down my leg.
00:19I thought I was gonna have to have hip replacement.
00:21Thank God, my hips are fine.
00:22I have to work my tiny little bottom and my hips.
00:26I have to work the bottom and work my hip.
00:29I just do it every day.
00:30And you compensate and then everything starts to regulate.
00:33Yes, and it doesn't hurt anymore.
00:35It's a miracle.