Piriformis pain

The piriformis muscle is deep inside your butt cheek. And it's often times men who get it because they sit on their wallets that are in their back pocket a lot. However women can get it too. I am a woman experienced this 13 years ago. I went to a pain management doctor who gave me a trigger point injection into my piriformis muscle and that permanently resolved that problem. But then my pain started in my lower back and that's where I am today at the age of 56.

What I have found works is a combination of treatments. Stretches are absolutely going to have to happen. It's better to see a physical therapist for that but if you can't afford to then at least Google some exercises for the lower back. And be careful. I have also had marginal relief from epidural steroid injection into my lower back. Your problem might be your SI joint rather than your hip but a pain management doctor can figure that out just by examining you. When they give you a epidural steroid injection may use something called a fluoroscope which is a live x-ray when they use that to guide the needle into the proper area.

So get physical therapy, see a pain management specialist about injections and you should use either heat or ice on the area several times a day. It doesn't matter which one you use its just whichever one works for you. And one final note you might want to invest in a TENS unit. Amazon sells them typically under $50. And then Google placement for the pads so you make sure to get them in the right place for your pain. A TENS unit works very well to control pain while it's on. Unfortunately the pain typically returns when you take off the TENS unit.

Yes, I see my chiropractor and he uses this vibrating massage machine( that's the only way to describe it) it hurts but it's instant relief, at home I use an omni ball (amazon) and massage it from the middle of my glutes out towards the hip it works amazing, you could also try acupuncture, hole this helps😊

my pain started in my hip, thought it was a hip issue, I sometimes use the icy hot relief pads that stick on my back.  they seem to help short term, I also get injections in my lower back every 4 months.

Further to my earlier posts, the back / buttock pain is making me bend forward when I am walking I cannot straighten up

Any ideas what I can do, I may have to ask my physio to tape me up so I can be in the upright position