piriformis sydrome

[blm]

The tennis ball/lacrosse ball is effective.

However, I had better results with a high density foam roller because it hit the piriformis in it's entirety better.

It has to be the hard (dense) smooth foam roller.

Sit on it, place your feet firmly on the floor, take the ankle of affected side and place it on the thigh of your opposite leg. Balance yourself while leaning slightly into the tender piriformis as you subtly rock back and forth. Very small movements. Just enough to grind that bitch as tears fill your eyes.

After, do ice for 10 minutes. Heat 10 minutes. Repeat 2-3 times.

[water43]

The tennis ball/lacrosse ball is effective.

However, I had better results with a high density foam roller because it hit the piriformis in it's entirety better.

It has to be the hard (dense) smooth foam roller.

Sit on it, place your feet firmly on the floor, take the ankle of affected side and place it on the thigh of your opposite leg. Balance yourself while leaning slightly into the tender piriformis as you subtly rock back and forth. Very small movements. Just enough to grind that bitch as tears fill your eyes.

After, do ice for 10 minutes. Heat 10 minutes. Repeat 2-3 times.

wher did you find this foam roller ,I do have a tennis ball I,m gonna start today with it . its so bad now I cant walk without severe pain from my lower ass down my hammy to the back of my knee

[water43]

After wide squatting I used to HAVE to (and still should) do that stretch where you pull your knee across your chest. I would start with my other foot straight out. Then I'd pull that other foot all the way to my butt. Then I'd move it half way between. This was a must or I'd have trouble sleeping comfortably (on my side) that night.

You can also find a lacrosse or tennis ball and mash the fuck out of it. Set a timer or you'll never do it for a full minute, and there might be tears. But not the kind that make you a pussy, the kind like when you get punched in the nose. So it's okay.

If the problem is that bad, I'd do both the above every. Single. Day. If the ol' test-retest shows improvement when you're done with the stretch/mash, you're on the right track.

If not, fuck it, listen to someone else.

hell yes I,m listenin to you and BLM I,m hurtin brutha !

[blm]

wher did you find this foam roller ,I do have a tennis ball I,m gonna start today with it . its so bad now I cant walk without severe pain from my lower ass down my hammy to the back of my knee

$25

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00KAEJ3UE/ref=mp_s_a_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1490476137&sr=8-5&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=high+density+foam+rollers

[BrutalHoney]

Oh! Shit! I forgot!

If you can locate specific muscle knots that never go away that might be the source of your problems, get some lidocaine and inject those fuckers with it. Trigger point therapy, but you decide how to do it, since you're the one in your body. More effective than any of that massage shit, let me tell you.

[blm]

piriformis syndrome requires releasing the muscle in spasm and reducing/removing the inflammation. Lidocaine will take away pain but it won't reduce inflammation or the spasm and can also lead to further injury because you don't feel the pain telling you to stop what you're doing. Cortisone injections, antiinflammatories, physical therapy and massage therapy are often all needed to get it under manageable conditions one it's got to the point of severe pain and limiting mobility.

[BrutalHoney]

noooo no no. lidocaine isn't about pain at all.

muscles only contract because the CNS tells them to. a trigger point is a little chunk of muscle that won't stop contracting. putting lidocain into that trigger point deadens the nerve (for a while) and the muscle stops contracting. in my experience, when the lidocaine wears off, the trigger point is far, far less than it was before.

again, this is only for muscle knots.

[blm]

Easy killer.

Lidocaine was part of my cortisone injection. I thought it was only for numbing purposes. I just read more about it. Didn't realize it help with contractions by blocking sodium channels as well. Learned something new.

[water43]

so lidocaine is beneficial ,I'll ask my doc if he is including lidocaine in my shot...but do I need to get that knot broken down first b4 I stretch the crap outa the muscle ? and how about some type of power strechs withleg press(weight comes back and pushs your knees to you chest) or weighted cables somehow ? or a decline leg curl negatives ?

[BrutalHoney]

Fuck that, get your own lidocaine, hit the knot as much as you need to.

[BrutalHoney]

Ha! Can't believe I didn't remember this link...

https://www.onlinelidocaine.com

25g for 30 bucks, it'll last you forever.

here's how to make it...

<http://modernsurvivalonline.com/guest-post-how-to-make-injectable-lidocaine-hcl/>

Long story short: you need a precise scale (amazon jewelry scale is cheap), you put 200-300mg lidocaine powder in with 10mL of bac water in a vial... you oven heat to 180~185 to melt the lidocaine (i leave it in a while, like 30-45 minutes to be sure... pro tip: put a needle in the top to relieve the pressure), and you're done.

I put 1 mL in the really big knots, half for lesser ones.

[water43]

bruta ,do you filter this

[BrutalHoney]

nope. distilled water, benzyl alcohol, lidocaine powder, heat.

[millenium girl]

piriformis syndrome has anybody heard of this.....sucks very painful after hip injuries too ,does anybody have a thought to any weighted exercises I can do actualy this involves my hip and glute muscles thanks

I was diagnosed with piriformis syndrome a while ago .... It hurts

[water43]

yes it does , constantly !