It may not be Sciatica
Feeling good about yourself because you finally decided to clean out the garage, but you’re so sore the next day you can’t move – particularly in your butt muscle? Many patients see us for emergency treatments this time of year because they did something out of the ordinary, such as: golfing; cleaning out the garage; raking leaves; or camping and sleeping with a rock underneath them. And now they are experiencing pain in the butt.
Many times these patients come in thinking they have sciatica. What they are actually experiencing is called piriformis syndrome. Pronounced pir-
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s, this common muscle injury can result from repetitive motion and over use of your piriformis muscle. Pain is often felt in the buttocks first, resulting in referred pain into the legs. This is commonly mistaken for sciatica.
Dr. Timothy Nelson, DC, Doctor of Chiropractic
Heritage Health
www.heritagehealth.net
(303) 694-1245
