Most people today have a long-term prostration, hunched over, have you ever had waist and leg pain? Is it habitual to think that the lumbar disc is herniated?
In fact, it is not, it is likely to be piriformis syndrome!
In your daily life, do you have the following postures? If so, please read this popular science article well, it is you!
Poor posture is the main cause of pain, numbness symptoms, everyone think about it, the above postures, almost all of the buttocks are affected, most of the day is pressed, blood circulation will have problems.
Everyone has the experience of cocking his legs and squatting in the toilet, if it is a little longer, will you feel that your legs are sore and numb? The two are the same thing.
Next, let's talk about piriformis syndrome, how does low back and leg pain occur? How to deal with it?
What is Piriformis Syndrome?
The piriformis muscle is a structure that grows on our butts, with one end in front of the sacrum and the other end above the thigh bone, as shown in the following figure:
The location of the piriformis muscle
Mainly with other muscles on the buttocks to do the rotation of the thighs, it does not exist in isolation, in our lives, as long as the hips are moved, it will play a role; the most typical action to play a functional role is the stilted legs.
In our human body, many nerves are penetrated from under the piriform muscle, the most important of which are the sciatic nerve, the upper gluteal nerve, and the inferior gluteal nerve, as in the purple structure in the picture above; innervate the buttocks and lower limbs.
Then, if you sit for a long time every day, or an abnormal bad posture, it will cause tension and spasms of the piriform muscles, and even congestion and edema, which will stimulate the nerves passing through below, resulting in soreness and pain in the buttocks, pain and numbness behind the thighs and the lateral side of the calves; this situation is clinically called "piriformis syndrome".
What are the manifestations of Piriformis syndrome?
In general, most people have a chronic onset of hip pain, which is worse after standing for a long time and can be relieved by active stretching.
There are also some people who have an acute attack, may be in addition to hip pain, but also accompanied by numbness and pain in the lower limbs, the most typical symptom is that it is difficult to lift the lower limbs when sitting, such as lifting the legs under the sitting position to tie the shoelaces.
Pain in the buttocks, numbness in the back of the legs, weakness to walk, and limping are the most typical symptoms; there may be some people who have pain in other locations of modern compensatory behavior, such as the lumbosacral area.
When pressing in the position of this muscle, there will be obvious pain, and even there will be a clear cord feeling under the hands; people with piriform muscle tension, bending over abnormally, mostly showing this kind of bend below, the back is horizontal, without any amplitude.
For piriform muscle tension caused by poor posture, most people will have long and short legs, and sacroiliac joint disorders occur, but they are often ignored by everyone.
How can I tell if your problem is piriformis syndrome?
1. First of all, let's see if you are a professional practitioner of these professions.
- Office sedentary office workers or drivers
- Long station teachers, cashiers and other groups
- People who squat for a long time, squat and bend down to carry heavy objects
- People who like to dance ballet
- People who like to play football and climb mountains
- People with crooked pelvis
However, if you are one of the above personnel, when there is pain and discomfort in the waist, buttocks and legs, it is best to do the following tests:
2. Stilted legs
3. Piriform muscle detection
4. Myoskeletal ultrasound detection
At this time, if you suspect that it is a problem with the piriform muscle, you only need to go to the hospital for further myoskeletal ultrasound testing to be clear.
How to deal with it?
1. Hospital treatment methods
After arriving at the hospital, there are many treatment methods, such as shock waves, fascia guns, small needle knives, local injections, etc., which depends on which method the receiving doctor is good at.
2. Self-stretching exercise
Self-exercise is the most critical, after the hospital treatment, you must learn to exercise every day when you go home, otherwise it will rebound with your bad posture every day.
It is mainly recommended that you do the following exercises, if you have any discomfort, please stop immediately:
Supine hip flexion training with the affected leg above
The affected leg is on the upper side
summary
Many problems come from your life, such as: long-term sedentary, long standing, stilted legs, etc., causing nerve entrapment in the pelvic region.
Therefore, when sciatica, not all of them are caused by lumbar disc herniation, I hope you should pay attention not to be misled by the lumbar film; in the clinic, the sciatica caused by the real lumbar process is very rare. #守护银龄世界 #
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