That stretches more the gluteal muscles. If you bend the right knee, then grab that knee and pull it across your body towards the left shoulder, you would target the piriformis.
I had pain in my lower buttocks, and I was thinking of the worst scenario while searching the internet. Then, I found this video. Thanks so much, the pain is gone. I repeated 5 times. The first 3 were painful but slowly gone on 5. Again, thanks.
What helped was doing physical therapy, I went to the doctor, and he referred me to a PT. For the pain of piriformis syndrome and sciatica symptoms, I took naproxen (it was prescribed to me by my Doc) The pain was so horrible it woke me up every 20 minutes at night. Not getting enough sleep also makes you feel more pain. Make sure not to take to many pain relive pills because it hurts your internal organs in a long run. Please talk to your Doctor! The Heating Pad helped so much. I did it for up to 8 hours a day. The best exercise will be either doing clam shells, or pirifomsis stretch! For the Scitica Nerve it will be Nerve Glides. I highly recommend using a tennis ball and doing some soft tissue work around the buttock pain before exercising. Again, going to the PT was a great choice. It took me 3 whole month! Currently it does still feel a little tender but I can go back to work! It was really tough.
Yes. In the first position, your opposite leg being straight holds your pelvis relatively still, and pulls your femur away from it towards the opposing shoulder. In the second position, the Figure 4 shape pulls the femur away from the pelvis as well as rotates it, artificially increasing the distance between the 2 points the piriformis is attached at by forcing the muscle to travel around the femur. Using the opposite leg to pull your intended stretching side upwards adds further rotation and distance, resulting in 2 stretches for the same muscle. Give it a try, and good luck with your aches!
![Your Piriformis Isn't Tight, it's WEAK! [4 Exercises to Get it Strong]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/yBRSQB0Xyb0/mqdefault.jpg)
Sounds like Chris Griffin 😏
He does sound alot like Seth Green
You can’t not see this before you go full screen and you can’t unsee it.
I WAS ABOUT TO SAY!!!
Yes he really does...
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That stretches more the gluteal muscles. If you bend the right knee, then grab that knee and pull it across your body towards the left shoulder, you would target the piriformis.
This was very clear, concise, and easy to follow.
I had pain in my lower buttocks, and I was thinking of the worst scenario while searching the internet. Then, I found this video. Thanks so much, the pain is gone. I repeated 5 times. The first 3 were painful but slowly gone on 5. Again, thanks.
I was having trouble sitting down with the pain and now it's all gone! Wow thank you so much!!!
What helped was doing physical therapy, I went to the doctor, and he referred me to a PT.
For the pain of piriformis syndrome and sciatica symptoms, I took naproxen (it was prescribed to me by my Doc)
The pain was so horrible it woke me up every 20 minutes at night. Not getting enough sleep also makes you feel more pain. Make sure not to take to many pain relive pills because it hurts your internal organs in a long run. Please talk to your Doctor!
The Heating Pad helped so much. I did it for up to 8 hours a day.
The best exercise will be either doing clam shells, or pirifomsis stretch!
For the Scitica Nerve it will be Nerve Glides.
I highly recommend using a tennis ball and doing some soft tissue work around the buttock pain before exercising.
Again, going to the PT was a great choice.
It took me 3 whole month! Currently it does still feel a little tender but I can go back to work! It was really tough.
This stretch is really something else, glad it’s on the internet.
This might help my wonky ass scoliosis
Very painful..yikes !!
So the right leg comes up in two almost entirely different positions, but it's still a stretching excercise for the right piriformis?
Yes. In the first position, your opposite leg being straight holds your pelvis relatively still, and pulls your femur away from it towards the opposing shoulder. In the second position, the Figure 4 shape pulls the femur away from the pelvis as well as rotates it, artificially increasing the distance between the 2 points the piriformis is attached at by forcing the muscle to travel around the femur. Using the opposite leg to pull your intended stretching side upwards adds further rotation and distance, resulting in 2 stretches for the same muscle. Give it a try, and good luck with your aches!
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Excellent and extremely good.
Guy has the energy of a sloth.
Helpful thanks x
Can’t do these with piriformis syndrome!!!!
Yea you can. These stretches helped me tremendously
Please demonstrate slower.