Piriformis Syndrome

I suffered through it for a couple months. I ended up learning about stretching (mostly around the glutes) that really helped. In fact, once I did that regularly, I do not think it even took 6 weeks to clear up.

With all due respect, I know how to manage my injuries, and still suffered for a couple of years with it. Was misdiagnosed and finally figured it out on my own. Deep massage helped some, but a cortisone injection directly in the Piriformis muscle and also one in the SI joint completely cured it. This one is a bugger, and sometimes a quick fix doesn't happen. Good luck.

Deep tissue massage, and I mean deep, cleared the problem for me in about 8 weeks. (Weekly massages and she used her elbows most of the time) Thankfully that did it and I never had to consider injections. There is no way a massage therapist can clear the problem in one or two massages, it was the 4th week until the pain started to recede.I started running the 5th week real easy a few days a week and built from there. The massages were the most painful I've every had and I do piriformis stretches religiously now so I never have to endure that again. I think an error people make is running too hard too fast. Even though I was feeling better my runs were slow, slow jogs until I had confidence the muscle could handle the work load. Best of luck to you.

Thanks for the imput. The message therapist seems like a big plus. I apoligize to the above poster on the misdianosis. I just wanted to get some positive insight. But the above poster mentioned that he started running easy in the 5th week but struggled with it for up to 8 weeks. This shows that you can do alittle running while still recovering. I just wanted some feedback on the safest/ quickest pssible return. As I mentioned before, I have pain, but I still can run 10 miles on it on any given day. it is not completely disabling. So i expect to be back sooner than later. I just wanted to clear any pain early in the summer as possible. Thanks for the advice. Any further advice would also be appreciated.