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[fortune]

Anyone been diagnosed with piriformis pain?  How do you treat it?  It's been keeping me awake at night.  I have a doctors appointment a week from Friday (July 8).

[abbysgirl]

I have had this, after spinal surgery and if you google the issue , you can find a few , very effective exercises, i was given my my surgeon. This is superior to any med given. It is the large muscle in your hip and has to do with how you are standing and walking. Good luck.   

[fortune]

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@abbysgirl wrote:

I have had this, after spinal surgery and if you google the issue , you can find a few , very effective exercises, i was given my my surgeon. This is superior to any med given. It is the large muscle in your hip and has to do with how you are standing and walking. Good luck.   

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@abbysgirl  I've been walking before this flare up.  Should I continue?  I looked up the exercises.  Thanks!!!!!

[lolakimono]

@fortune

Do you have one of those dense, foam rollers?

[fortune]

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@lolakimono wrote:

@fortune

Do you have one of those dense, foam rollers?

@lolakimono 

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I have a battery-operated massager.  I guess I should use that.

[lolakimono]

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[fortune]

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@lolakimono

Wow!!!  Thank you for all the info, pics, etc.  You should send me your bill!!!

[colliemom4]

I had this off and on for years. Yes, do keep walking. Also, if you have access to a pool just walking around it is good for this condition. Any exercise done in water is easier on the body/joints than on land. The exercises listed here are good. Just don't overdo it at first. I got cortisone shots for it but they didn't help me. That being said, they might help someone else. I thought I would try it. Good luck. I had it like you did too. It kept me awake. It's an extrmely frustrating condition. Get medical help if you need it. My doctor gave me exercises similar to the ones posted here.