BECAUSE of the interest in the recent publication on peripheral entrapment neuropathies of the upper extremity, 1 it was decided to review these conditions in the lower extremity. An entrapment ...

Andie MacDowell, 66, revealed on The Drew Barrymore Show that she has been diagnosed with piriformis syndrome, which causes sciatic nerve pain. Treatment and diligent hip exercises have relieved ...

The pain typically occurs when the body’s piriformis muscle presses on the sciatic nerve which results in inflammation. The piriformis is a muscle that runs down from the lower spine to the butt ...

"I have piriformis syndrome, so it's a muscle that kind of clamps down on my sciatic nerve, and it was shooting down my leg," MacDowell told Barrymore, 49. "I thought I was going to have to have ...

Piriformis syndrome is a neuromuscular condition that happens when the piriformis muscle in the butt, which is flat and pear-shaped, pushes against the sciatic nerve, according to the Genetic and ...

The 66-year-old thespian has opened up about her health struggles with Piriformis Syndrome. It is a condition where the piriformis muscle compresses the sciatic nerve, causing pain and inflammation.

“It’s a muscle that kind of clamps down on my sciatic nerve ... short walking breaks between 30 seconds to a minute to stay mobile or using a recumbent bike. Yes, piriformis syndrome can ...

It's caused by muscle overuse when the piriformis muscle pressures the sciatic nerve. Symptoms include pain, tingling or numbness in the buttocks, pain while walking and pain down the back of the ...

She went on to open up about having piriformis syndrome, which she described as a symptom in which "a muscle kind of clamps down on my sciatic nerve and it was shooting down my leg." "I thought I ...

Review of the literature on relevant injection procedure found that injury to the sciatic nerve is associated with use of the dorsogluteal site for injection, because the sciatic nerve commonly ...