My current bout with piriformis syndrome has been going on for three months now. From other videos and research I knew it was "long" form. Acupuncture only helped for a few hours. All other remedies (tennis ball, foam roller, even PT) made it worse. Last night I stumbled upon this video and did the exercise. Well, low and behold, last night was the first time in three months that sleeping on my back didn't agravate that sciatic nerve. Unbelievable. Thank you SO MUCH for posting this video.
This is undeniably the best demonstration I've ever witnessed on how to stimulate the neuromuscular connection between all the additional synergistic muscles in the hip, pelvis and gluteal regions. Your 100% correct! The poor piriformis actually gets so overworked cause all of his roommates are sleeping in and he's left to do all the bloody housework on his own. Now with your methods all of the folks that live down there can pitch in and do a little work so he doesn't get overwhelmed. Outstanding work! Thank you so much for such a wonderful contribution. EVERYONE NEEDS TO SEE THIS VIDEO!!!!
I've been doing these stretches along with a few others recommended by you for less than a week. I am nearly 100% pain free. I thought with getting older, this was just the new normal. I can't believe I've been missing out on these things. Thank you so much Tom!
Still. I actually overdid it with some lifting and had some sciatic pain the last 2 weeks. I used these stretches with some others. Now back to pain free. @@marcusstrymon693
Thank you for the excellent video! And in particular thank you for getting right to the point without a 20-minute Preamble on the embryological development of the piriformis. Thank you also for not going into any type of ontological discussion about the piriformis and how it was meant to wag our Tails when we were salamanders And finally thank you for not having music playing throughout the entire video
I was laying down on my couch when your video coming suddenly on my screen. Believe it or not i apply these stretching moves i just watched three times in a row and my sciatica pain disappear!!!!! I was suffering from this pain for more than 3years and i tried thousand's of streches without any permanent recovery Thank you so so so much Sir for sharing this on RUclips 🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️
This video is life changing. I read all the comments here saying oh I did this twice and it helped in a big way and thought "sure it did". For reference I have had piriformis for about 4 months been to acupuncture, chiropractor, watched and tried all the other rehab videos on YT and nothing helped. I thought I would just live with this pain forever. Literally two times is what it took to reduce my pain 95% and have it stay that way. 3 days later I am feeling so much better and will continue to do this until fully healed. THANK YOU SO MUCH! You are the only person who's info and hip drill made a difference. So grateful to have found your video.
@robingreen3391 honestly this only helped for so long and then I had a full blown slipped disc incident. I highly suggest starting the DDPY program from Diamond Dallas Page. This has been the absolute best thing for my back injury which was causing my piriformis pain.
I am a martial artist. We go through a lot of these movements as a matter of regular training. After an injury, and lockdowns, I lost a lot of strength and had trouble reengaging my muscles like I used to do as a matter of course... and stuff started to hurt. I'd like to thank you for these videos, because while my regular training will naturally take me through these exercises, I am glad to better understand the underlying muscles (and muscle-neighbourhoods) I take for granted when all is functioning just fine and I am blissfully unaware.
Awesome! Yes I learned a lot of our methods from martial arts, even the FRC techniques I use I would still personally relate them to martial arts forms and conditioning drills, no better place to learn about the body than learning how to punch and grapple!
@@TomMorrison Honestly, I love it. I used to train and got lazy af. I jumped back into training after longer absence, started kicking and punching the heavybag, doing stretching routines. And suddenly piriformis hit me. And I did exactly the things you showed, and nothing really helps, and if it did, only for a short time. This one feels different!
THANK YOU!!! I’m super active, former dancer, flexible with a really good range of motion. I suffered a fractured L4 and hip a few years ago and since then, I’ve become addicted to the exact exercises you demonstrated- especially the clamshell! I can’t tell you what a huge difference this movement has made in my pain and discomfort 💜💜💜 thank you so much for this 🥰 and btw- your acting skills are fantastic!!😂😂 thanks for the laugh!
I was having problems with my Piriformis for years. Nothing worked. Deep massage almost daily. Physical therapy. Deep foam roller. Massage balls. Etc. But when I stumbled upon this. It worked.
Omg you give me hope! My issue comes and goes and yesterday I thought my lower half was falling apart. I’m starting to do this and hope it works for me 😅
Total life saver, got a really bad bout of sciatica. Done all the stretching which fixed my back pain but not the sciatica. After literally 2 days doing this - wow pain all but gone. Cheers Tom, will be doing this hip routine every day from now onwards!
2 days of exercises removed "a really bad bout of sciatica"? Would really like to believe that, but its highly doubtful. I'm gonna try to do this exercise, although I don't have a pole to spare.
I’ve had osteo arthritis in both hips for years ( got one replaced 3 months ago). Who would have thought that a quick yt video could really start loosening things up. Why couldn’t the physios show me this years ago? Promising start after 3 days. Thank you very much.
Surprisingly, there are out there still many physios who have been trained with very outdated information and sadly even more of them do not attempt to think outside the box. Ive had ahoulder problema for a long time and the approach that many went for was massages, telling me to just work through it whilst taking ibuprofen/paracetamol, acupuncture, etc. Ive had to do loads of research by myself in order to step by step try to solve the problem.
Hey, I was wondering how your hips are doing now. I was diagnosed with OA a few months ago (prior to that I had done PT for about 5 months). Nothing seemed to really help. Did this significantly help with your arthritis pain? Mine is in my left hip. I also have something called hipo dysplasia. This essentially means the socket where the femur head sits is not a nice "C" shape but more like a flattened out "C" shape.
THANK YOU! I have been dealing with pain in my butt for a few months, off and on, and it turned into full blown piriformis sciatica this past week. I have been doing all the stretches and went to the chiro and got my little tennis ball and all in all, it's gotten MORE painful and MORE difficult to sit and stand. I just did a full round on each leg of this, not expecting much, and here I am, an hour later, and I can sit and stand (slowly and carefully) WITHOUT the nerve trying to kill me! This will now be added to my morning and evening routine. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
I'm so glad you turned up in my feed today ❤ I suffered a back injury 3 years ago and despite going to physio, chiro, massage, I'm still having problems with my back, hip and my knee now, sometimes l can hardly walk, the pain is intense. Just reading all these comments gives me hope. Thank you sooooo much 🙏 I'm now a new subscriber. I'll check out your other videos 🙏🙏🙏
Hi Tom (and others suffering from pain out there!). I just tried this ONCE, and ppl you have to try this. My pain disappeared for the first time in months. I am in shock!!! Thank you SO much. Subscribed now and following all you do!!! Sharing with my women friends too, who suffer from tight hips alot....
Brilliant! Yes it sometimes gets a really quick win!! Nows the time to start adding other things too in order to build some more strength and stability! 😄
Gotta revisit this and just say...I had some glute and hip pain for around a month after a run. It hurt to walk for a while and definitely didn't run. I found this video. Stopped stretching and stopped massaging like I had been. I did THIS exercise about 3 times a day for 3 weeks or so and I went back out on a slow 3 mile run - not 100 percent but better. Kept doing this exercise and now I have NO pain in the pirformis when I run and am getting back into a regular routine of 3 mile runs. Thank you, Tom!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO! I was experiencing some random flare ups since January and this actually provided relief within an hour. I am religiously doing this routine now. God bless you man. Update: Nov 2023: Still doing great, no relapse/flareups, your channel has been a godsend.
I'm experiencing sciatica pain, chiropractor said it's piriformis related, and actually said the same things as you about poor piriformis is working like a madman while other muscles aren't doing anything, I'm starting these drills from now on, I'll report back in a couple of weeks for you guys to see what results I got. Btw im 34, going to the gym 4 times/week, unfortunately the glutes area is my weak point and now I see that's why I injured there, I pushed myself too hard in the previous months.
Thank you so much! I have been doing this all separately and nothing worked. Putting it together hits and actually seems to correct my muscle imbalances. I have had this problem for 4+ years. Super motivated this was it!
Ok, I’ve had pain in my buttocks for the past few weeks. It got so bad that I was almost unable to walk. I was told to stretch , but that made it worse. I just spent a few minutes doing this on both sides and the relief was immediate! This is definitely going into my routine and you got a new subscriber! Thank you and bless you!
This video saved me from much pain which I reckon was the sciatic nerve being trapped but was diagnosed as Piriformis syndrome. Thanks for sharing!! A couple days of these stretches and no more pain. 👌🏼
I can't thank you enough!!! This video came up in my YT feed - I've been struggling with such a lot of pain from sciatica. Did these movements and the pain was gone instantly. So many years of doing the clam and stretching and rolling for piriformis issues without improving. Now to strengthen my core with another of your videos.
I literally never comment on anything, but this is life changing. I've been in debilitating pain bc I have spondylolisthesis which has self fused and caused horrible piriformis and glute pain. I'm in absolute tears right now with so much gratefulness for this video. Immediate relief!!!!!!!
Great video! I’m so much pain right now for piriformis syndrome. I had to check into ER. I’m on heavy meds. But doing your exercises 3-5 day. It helps! Thank you for posting
This is nuts, I've been fighting ITBS and pain for a month now and I did this one time for about 2 minutes per side and my IT band seems to already be feeling a little better. I'll be doing this regularly. Thank you for this video and you've got a new subscriber
New to your Channel Tom! And I am glad I tried your technique. I started having sciatica this year. (Less than a year and in my 20s). I do have a chiro session but then I have to wait a couple days before my appointment and having restless sleep due to pain gets exhausting. I tried this for 2 days and I don't feel it anymore, but will continue to ensure it doesn't come back. Whoever has pain, try this videoo!!
This is my favorite to daily hip routine because my hips are super tight, like not so mobile! I have had do much glute and piriformis pain for years. I get relief every time from this hip rotations! You are the best!
Thanks so much! There’s a bit more to add to things of course like balance and leg strength but starting with actually loving the entire hip joint first is so so important and I’ve seen so many quick wins over the years just with adding that for people 😄
Not only does he give you the best exercise for your hips, he gives worthwhile advice of making sure you have the hip mobility before you workout and build a major muscle on top of a joint problem that hasn’t been addressed. Doesn’t get any better!
Thanks so much! Yes I do like to make sure there’s things that don’t get missed! Have to move joints like joints and a lot of exercises are only partial ranges
Oh my good golly goodness! Thank you so much!! Already feeling relief in the first session after MONTHS and MONTHS of pain, MRI, and recent diagnosis of piriformis syndrome with compressed nerve. Also, just in general you are amazing and so very generous Tom and Jenny! I am looking forward to getting stronger and more flexible or Flonger and more Sexible sooooo soon!! Just blown away by the great presentation, education, and instruction. Much love and appreciation from Chile!
You are real expert in your domain! I hope this video reaches to as many people as possible. In a few minutes, you explained it all. I hope majority of the humanity will understand.... Bravo!
I've practiced ballet and contemporary dance at an amateur level all my life and your excellent videos are explaining just how good dance training is as so much of what you do is incorporated in dance training. I never realised the science behind it all but am now so glad that I kept dancing as Im fully fit at 62. Keep up the good work!
This made my hips feel so much free and mobile. I'd recommend it! If anything it's just nice to have that feeling after. Cant believe I haven't seen this elsewhere. Stay tuned for progress on the dreaded piriformis syndrome!
@@carolyn3746 I didn't actually have piriformis syndrome - I thought I did but when I eventually went to physio they said it wasn't that. In the end the exercise for the physio helped solve my problem. But that exercise did help me feel a lot looser.
Thank you for this Tom! Only did a few rounds of this drill and can already feel a massive difference. Will be including this in my leg day warmup routine going forward 🙏
Thank you so much for this! After an injury in 2014, I have basically been in constant pain since then. After only TWO days of these exercises and I am pain free. I’m sending this video to all my friends (but I should also send it to the countless doctors and physiotherapists I’ve visited over the last 9 years) 😭😑 I cannot thank you enough!
I had a slip and fall accident on ice back in December 2021. I feel very hard on my right back side. Since then I've experienced sciatica pain ranging from 1 to 10. I've done months of PT, got xrays, MRI's, injections and acupuncture. None of it was working. My doctor said the next step would be to cauterize the nerves. That doesn't solve the problem it just masks the pain. I switched my approach to diet and exercise. I dove into youtube videos finding many Physical therapist channels as well as PT's that are Pilates instructors. I LOVE to golf. I moved to a golf community so I could golf more. Every time I golf, the days following I experience so much pain. I have a goal to golf in a 4 day tournament in August. I found your videos and am hoping they are my key to success! Please keep posting sciatica exercise and care video's. This was the first time I saw this technique. It started to work immediately. And they are hilarious! thanks for the laughs
That’s awesome! Did you catch this blog, understanding more about it and how to manage it through moving is half the battle! tommorrison.uk/blog/sciatica-lets-kick-its-ass
I've been having awful issues for awhile and have tried stretching and strengthening but I still have some pain. This is what I needed!! Thank you so much!!
I'm w Piriforms Deep muscle strain sciatic nerves 3 weeks .I'm adding these poll/doorframe Hip mobility exs and I see the difference already in my Right Hip I was limping this morning I did these on both sides and my gait pattern n pain decreased right afterwards . Thank you!
I'm an orthopedic bodyworker who spends many hours a day treating athletes, my success is based on my patient's outcomes. Tom's comprehensive method toward strengthening/stretching the whole joint (and connective tissue) instead of focusing on a singular muscle is always the best approach and the one I use, even with an MRI in hand. There are so many causes of pain. Never assume, and work comprehensively. Thanks!
I am grateful for your videos. Been injured for 6 months and am trying your videos. You have given me confidence . Have started incorporating your movements before my training . Thank you.
Hello. I've had piriformis pain and sciatica down my left leg since a very slight ankle injury 2/3 years ago. It flares up when I run long distances and occasionally after I've done any core/lower body strength movements. Just done a first round of this and although the cramping was 😖 my hip already feels better. Thanks for sharing this.
Thank you so much Tom for everything you share, after being very fit and healthy for many years, my back, hips and knees are playing up. Your advice has been invaluable in getting me back training again.
You are AMAZING I swear I have trouble with my lower back into my bum down my leg and no matter how much I stretch I just can’t seem to stretch enough I just tried this and it’s brilliant I feel a real proper stretch and relief. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!❤
Hey, I had to come back here to say--I did these exercises while watching, then did a few reps after. That was about an hour ago. For days I've been having weird pain/feeling like my knee needed to crack, and it seemed like the whole thing was originating from my hip but I couldn't figure out how. Well, I feel normal again! Definitely putting these on daily round. Thanks!
I've been using smm for a week and feel a big shift in flexibility already, the shoulder workouts are worth their weight in gold for me with a long term ac joint injury.
WOW!!! Definitely targets problem areas. I damn near fell over at the internal rotation. I’ll continue to try these, until I can complete the full stretch. Thank you very much for this!!
Sciatica caused by a slipped L5 vertebra and with other stretches, I’m def adding these for full range of hip and glute. Looks like I can do them at home in an open doorway. Many thanks!!
Wow!!!!!! I happened upon your channel and I’m freaking out! Lol The foam rolling, clam shells and the stretching is what I HAD to do every day, among a few other ones or else I was in a constant flare… and even still, I would have some sort of issue especially along my butt, leg and foot. I knew my hips were insanely tight and very sore after a jog, but I was always told “they were a separate issue”… lol I went for U/S and laser treatments etc Physiotherapist and Kinesiologist couldn’t offer me long term solutions. After performing ONE set of your exercises pain in ALL my problem areas lessened dramatically and then disappeared! 😮 I will be doing this exercise to help me as I work on strengthening my weak muscles. Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! Your advice is spot on!
Thank you thank you thank you! I started getting this pain in my butt only on long runs. Now it's progressed to the point where it is keeping me up at night (it comes on during runs and when I am laying down). I didn't realize the piriformis stretches weren't getting to the root cause and a waste of time. 5 minutes of doing your hip drill felt so good. Excited to see how this will help my pain over the coming days.
I’ve had the same issue on long runs but this exercise has helped so much in the past week or so. Still not full strength though. Just curious if you kept doing the exercise and can run painless again by now?
@@justinsims5 Yeah I did the exercises for as long as I had the pain. It finally went away completely a few days before my marathon and has stayed gone while my weekly mileage has been a lot lower. I don't do the exercises currently, but if the pain starts back up - even just a little bit - as I begin training for my fall race, I plan to nip it in the butt with these exercises before it becomes a huge pain in mine again! 🙂
For anyone like me who has had weak / uneven / short hip on one side for years, and has tried 100s of stretches from a million YT channels giving some relief but only temporary, do this.
As always an excellent presentation. Yup the pain at one of my piriformis muscles is very tight & minimum flexibility causing nerve pains down the leg. A few weeks now in "corporation" physical therapy & they still haven't 'revealed' this wisdom [you routine] to me, instead they are pushing just the temporary relief routines that I can find anywhere on the internet. Well they are now stale toast. Doing what you are doing for humanity...GOD is giving you an 'ATTA BOY'!
I'm glad this popped up today. I've a lot of spinal, pain and where it relates - pretty much everywhere 😅 Love that you've put it altogether in an easy flow. I've done this a few times, experiencing cramp in the hips. It hasn't taken away much pain yet but it's alleviated some around my waist and a little in the hips. Seems promising, thanks so much, never stop monkeying around 😂 👍
Hi Tom just wanted to thank you for this vid. Has tight hips and pain for years through poor training techniques and a couple of motorbike accidents. After one round noticed a difference in mobility and comfort already. Life saver keep up the good work my friend I will be checking out all your other vids you know your stuff fella.
Hey Tom, I just watched your video for the first time today, hoping to try this out when I get to the gym today, I have been suffering from glute tightness for over three years now, it’s really frustrating. Hopefully I should get some relief. Thank you ❤️
Man I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. Reading all the comments about how it worked so quickly for people gave me a lot of hope, and I did the exercises to the T, but still no relief. Terrible piriformis pain for 7 months now, starting to feel helpless. Happy for the people it has helped though
It can take a few weeks to start helping, and there’s other elements to take into account too like strength and balance overall, you probably just have a few things that all need worked on together, SMM would be great for you
OMG!!❤ Thank you so much for this video! I’m so glad I found it. These exercises are already giving me some relief from my right intense ‘piriformis’ pain. I’ve been doing SO much stretching but this is obviously what I need to make my hips stronger. Thanks again. A new subscriber 😀
Alex Bryden thanks so much!! Yes I only used to use RUclips to store videos for reuploading to Facebook in the past 🙈🙈 regret it now!! Haha, but have a good regular posting schedule now! 😄 thanks so much for commenting! Where did you first come across us??
Tom Morrison Right now I’m struggling with mobility in my hip flexors and hip extensors. I have the flexibility to hold a deep squat as long as I want. But when I try to do deep squats with load above 80% 1RM, my hip flexors tend to get very tight and painful afterwards. Also I suffer from spasms in the piriformis when my glutes and hamstrings are fatigued after a hard lower body day.
Alex Bryden interesting! definitely sounds like a muscle firing issue! There’s a drill here also that may be helpful also! It will probably take a week or two to start noticing changes but stick with it!! ruclips.net/video/anNEf6hyy_M/видео.html
Christine Harrelson I know! It’s so frustrating! No one is ever questioned on their lifestyle or habits, just given a diagnosis 🙈 thanks for commenting! Any requests ever just let us know in a comment!! 😄
Just tried this, honestly I thought IT was gonna take months of excercises to feel this good and free, my lower back pain is GONE after a single round, my hips feel so free, thank you from the bottom of my heart
this one is gold ! i feel less tension specially in my pelvic floor which is tight, but i can activate my glutes after like for real lol i had pelvic pain the 2nd day doing this but i think it is due to the fact that my piriformis is weak in the first place, i'll see in the future thank you tom
Good gosh! My right lower lateral hamstring & right buttock area have been having moderate pain for awhile. I’ve had 2 physical therapy sessions in the past week. No better, and the prescribed exercises are pretty painful or don’t seem to address the problem. Your video popped up on my search. I just did 2 sets of this, and my pain is already much better!! Thank you!
Thanks for this video Tom, I found it great. I tweaked my glute on a trail run at the weekend and found just one session of this greatly helped, I think one more today and I can get back running after a couple of days rest. I just found this video when I was searching for exercises to help with this. I have a goal for next year to run my first ever marathon and only recently ran a sub 20min 5k. As I build up the mileage I know I'll also need to build up strength to cope with those stresses, do you have a program you'd recommend to help with this goal and staying injury free?!
First time trying this but I’ve been stretching and rolling for a week with no hope in sight and no physio available until another 4 weeks and this instantly felt better! And it makes so much sense! Thanks Tom! I am an athlete (CrossFit and running), what’s your advice for exercise and training with this kind of injury?
Brilliant to hear!! Obviously I am biased but for CrossFit you need to move as well as possible and be able to cope with a lot of bilateral training so The Simplistic Mobility Method is really what you want to have in your back pocket! Also ultimate core to avoid imbalances from the olympic lifts!
@@TomMorrison a local chiro told me I had a bulging disc at L4 based off an x-Ray, no MRI, I did your piriformis stretching and 90/90 for 2 weeks and I’m back at 100%! Thank you!!!
I've had sciatica every day for over five years and it's just like you said, some PT exercises with the piriformis (and others) help temporarily but no permanent relief. This hip exercise feels really good and I'm hoping doing it daily will make a difference!! thank you!
Tom God Bless you for this! I was able to work a full day because of yoh! I have been recovering from a really severe piriformis strain (and a bulging disc) over the last 6 weeks. This is helping SO MUCH! love your energy and intensity too. Subscribed.
Wow. Thanks for this video. I've been going to a PT for over a year, and we've thrown the kitchen sink at my hip and low back issues. Today, my lower back/hip was spasming so badly that I had to hold on to the counter, or I would fall down. 1 minute of this routine on the affected side helped a lot. Well done; thanks for this video!
This is an issue that many people have, not just 65 year olds! We also work with those in their 60s, 70s even 80s on a daily basis and help them get moving & out of pain 💪
Thank you! Thank you! I have gotten more relief for my pain by using your information and exercises than all the exercises I was advised to do by my Chiropractor and Osteopath! I’ve been suffering for months and now I have hope. I’m grateful for you! 🇨🇦
You the guy!! I’m an avid mountain biker and struggled with all sorts of lower spasms in the last year and this is now on the fix list!! Instant relief and I can do this whilst on the trail 🙏🙌🙏✌️
As a Certified Personal Trainer, I 100% agree with this video! I want to reinforce a couple points: 1) keep your standing leg hip bones stable against the pole throughout. 2) watch the bit about the progressions and modifications a few times. Anyone watching this video will likely need these! Thank you for this video!
Had acute onset of sciatica that has been causing buttock pain, leg burning, knee pain, and ankle pain. Tried all the exercising I could find online to help relieve the pain. Pain killers for a few hours at night was the only way I got any sleep. Yesterday I did these exercising for a bit and realized just how much I restricted in movement on my left side. Really didn’t think it would work but gave it a shot. I woke up this morning and I had NO pain when I woke up. Did these exercises again this morning and noticed I was already less restricted in my movements. I don’t know how that’s possible! Sitting is still an issue for me but hopefully doing these exercises everyday will help me be completely pain free at some point. 😅 THANK YOU!!
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If you happen to be one of those very few who do not have a pole in their house, you can do this drill against a door frame. ;)
Thank you great suggestion!
I was thinking exactly that as I was watching.
I automatically went to a door frame, good routine
Amazing! Both my hips just clicked and unlocked first time!
😂 I was just about to ask!!
This dude has made me realize how much I've neglected my hips... very rarely I find something so useful.
My current bout with piriformis syndrome has been going on for three months now. From other videos and research I knew it was "long" form. Acupuncture only helped for a few hours. All other remedies (tennis ball, foam roller, even PT) made it worse. Last night I stumbled upon this video and did the exercise. Well, low and behold, last night was the first time in three months that sleeping on my back didn't agravate that sciatic nerve. Unbelievable. Thank you SO MUCH for posting this video.
Ah so happy to hear that! Keep it up and make sure to start checking out some of our other hip exercises too!!
This is undeniably the best demonstration I've ever witnessed on how to stimulate the neuromuscular connection between all the additional synergistic muscles in the hip, pelvis and gluteal regions. Your 100% correct! The poor piriformis actually gets so overworked cause all of his roommates are sleeping in and he's left to do all the bloody housework on his own. Now with your methods all of the folks that live down there can pitch in and do a little work so he doesn't get overwhelmed.
Outstanding work! Thank you so much for such a wonderful contribution. EVERYONE NEEDS TO SEE THIS VIDEO!!!!
I've been doing these stretches along with a few others recommended by you for less than a week. I am nearly 100% pain free. I thought with getting older, this was just the new normal. I can't believe I've been missing out on these things. Thank you so much Tom!
Fantastic news! Keep it up! 😄
still?
Still. I actually overdid it with some lifting and had some sciatic pain the last 2 weeks. I used these stretches with some others. Now back to pain free.
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which others have you been doing, please advise.
Thank you for the excellent video! And in particular thank you for getting right to the point without a 20-minute Preamble on the embryological development of the piriformis. Thank you also for not going into any type of ontological discussion about the piriformis and how it was meant to wag our Tails when we were salamanders And finally thank you for not having music playing throughout the entire video
PREACH!
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Th- there's music playing throughout the entire video though?
Are you kidding? There's literally a skit on a bus.
I was laying down on my couch when your video coming suddenly on my screen.
Believe it or not i apply these stretching moves i just watched three times in a row and my sciatica pain disappear!!!!!
I was suffering from this pain for more than 3years and i tried thousand's of streches without any permanent recovery
Thank you so so so much Sir for sharing this on RUclips 🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️
Awesome to hear!!
Actual movements start about 3:58. Fantastic advice!!
This video is life changing. I read all the comments here saying oh I did this twice and it helped in a big way and thought "sure it did". For reference I have had piriformis for about 4 months been to acupuncture, chiropractor, watched and tried all the other rehab videos on YT and nothing helped. I thought I would just live with this pain forever. Literally two times is what it took to reduce my pain 95% and have it stay that way. 3 days later I am feeling so much better and will continue to do this until fully healed. THANK YOU SO MUCH! You are the only person who's info and hip drill made a difference. So grateful to have found your video.
Absolutely brilliant! Definitely keep it up! And check out our hips playlist here too! There’s loads more there 😄
@TomMorrison Thanks Tom! Absolutely will do. I've subscribed and look forward to watching more of your content. Fan for life! 🙏
Awesome how many reps/days did you commit? I’m looking to be pain free now!!
@robingreen3391 honestly this only helped for so long and then I had a full blown slipped disc incident. I highly suggest starting the DDPY program from Diamond Dallas Page. This has been the absolute best thing for my back injury which was causing my piriformis pain.
I would die for feedback now, how are you doing now?
I am a martial artist. We go through a lot of these movements as a matter of regular training. After an injury, and lockdowns, I lost a lot of strength and had trouble reengaging my muscles like I used to do as a matter of course... and stuff started to hurt. I'd like to thank you for these videos, because while my regular training will naturally take me through these exercises, I am glad to better understand the underlying muscles (and muscle-neighbourhoods) I take for granted when all is functioning just fine and I am blissfully unaware.
Awesome! Yes I learned a lot of our methods from martial arts, even the FRC techniques I use I would still personally relate them to martial arts forms and conditioning drills, no better place to learn about the body than learning how to punch and grapple!
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Dancers too. With more defined leg positions, this would be part of a typical ballet warm up.
That’s what I was thinking, to look for modern dance exercises online, or maybe ballet. I’m a familiar with the dance
@@TomMorrison Honestly, I love it. I used to train and got lazy af. I jumped back into training after longer absence, started kicking and punching the heavybag, doing stretching routines. And suddenly piriformis hit me. And I did exactly the things you showed, and nothing really helps, and if it did, only for a short time. This one feels different!
THANK YOU!!! I’m super active, former dancer, flexible with a really good range of motion. I suffered a fractured L4 and hip a few years ago and since then, I’ve become addicted to the exact exercises you demonstrated- especially the clamshell! I can’t tell you what a huge difference this movement has made in my pain and discomfort 💜💜💜 thank you so much for this 🥰 and btw- your acting skills are fantastic!!😂😂 thanks for the laugh!
So awesome to hear!! Keep it up 😄 should check our fix hip pain and discover the cause video too!
The clamshell always seems to make things worse for me!
I was having problems with my Piriformis for years. Nothing worked. Deep massage almost daily. Physical therapy. Deep foam roller. Massage balls. Etc. But when I stumbled upon this. It worked.
Awesome news!
Are you still pain free?
Omg you give me hope! My issue comes and goes and yesterday I thought my lower half was falling apart. I’m starting to do this and hope it works for me 😅
Total life saver, got a really bad bout of sciatica. Done all the stretching which fixed my back pain but not the sciatica. After literally 2 days doing this - wow pain all but gone. Cheers Tom, will be doing this hip routine every day from now onwards!
Absolutely brilliant! Really happy to hear this!
2 days of exercises removed "a really bad bout of sciatica"? Would really like to believe that, but its highly doubtful. I'm gonna try to do this exercise, although I don't have a pole to spare.
@@danchinho5210probably wasn’t as bad as he thoughht
@@danchinho5210and how did you get on? Just balance standing beside a chair, no pole needed
@@danchinho5210and? How did it go?
I’ve had osteo arthritis in both hips for years ( got one replaced 3 months ago). Who would have thought that a quick yt video could really start loosening things up. Why couldn’t the physios show me this years ago? Promising start after 3 days. Thank you very much.
Surprisingly, there are out there still many physios who have been trained with very outdated information and sadly even more of them do not attempt to think outside the box. Ive had ahoulder problema for a long time and the approach that many went for was massages, telling me to just work through it whilst taking ibuprofen/paracetamol, acupuncture, etc. Ive had to do loads of research by myself in order to step by step try to solve the problem.
Hey, I was wondering how your hips are doing now. I was diagnosed with OA a few months ago (prior to that I had done PT for about 5 months). Nothing seemed to really help. Did this significantly help with your arthritis pain? Mine is in my left hip. I also have something called hipo dysplasia. This essentially means the socket where the femur head sits is not a nice "C" shape but more like a flattened out "C" shape.
THANK YOU! I have been dealing with pain in my butt for a few months, off and on, and it turned into full blown piriformis sciatica this past week. I have been doing all the stretches and went to the chiro and got my little tennis ball and all in all, it's gotten MORE painful and MORE difficult to sit and stand. I just did a full round on each leg of this, not expecting much, and here I am, an hour later, and I can sit and stand (slowly and carefully) WITHOUT the nerve trying to kill me! This will now be added to my morning and evening routine. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Fantastic!! Yes this is a great one to start with to lead you to other stretches, definitely check out our back pain flare up video too!
I'm so glad you turned up in my feed today ❤ I suffered a back injury 3 years ago and despite going to physio, chiro, massage, I'm still having problems with my back, hip and my knee now, sometimes l can hardly walk, the pain is intense. Just reading all these comments gives me hope. Thank you sooooo much 🙏 I'm now a new subscriber. I'll check out your other videos 🙏🙏🙏
Awesome! Will be good to check our hips playlist, only try a few things at a time to get a gauge for what’s working for you 😄
Hi Tom (and others suffering from pain out there!). I just tried this ONCE, and ppl you have to try this. My pain disappeared for the first time in months. I am in shock!!! Thank you SO much. Subscribed now and following all you do!!! Sharing with my women friends too, who suffer from tight hips alot....
Brilliant! Yes it sometimes gets a really quick win!! Nows the time to start adding other things too in order to build some more strength and stability! 😄
Same for me!!! Thank You!!!!❤
Seriously??!!
Same for me, TMI but could not sit comfortably on the loo and did this once! 🙌
Gotta revisit this and just say...I had some glute and hip pain for around a month after a run. It hurt to walk for a while and definitely didn't run. I found this video. Stopped stretching and stopped massaging like I had been. I did THIS exercise about 3 times a day for 3 weeks or so and I went back out on a slow 3 mile run - not 100 percent but better. Kept doing this exercise and now I have NO pain in the pirformis when I run and am getting back into a regular routine of 3 mile runs. Thank you, Tom!
How are you now? Still running smoothly?
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO! I was experiencing some random flare ups since January and this actually provided relief within an hour. I am religiously doing this routine now. God bless you man. Update: Nov 2023: Still doing great, no relapse/flareups, your channel has been a godsend.
Glad it helped! 😄
I'm experiencing sciatica pain, chiropractor said it's piriformis related, and actually said the same things as you about poor piriformis is working like a madman while other muscles aren't doing anything, I'm starting these drills from now on, I'll report back in a couple of weeks for you guys to see what results I got. Btw im 34, going to the gym 4 times/week, unfortunately the glutes area is my weak point and now I see that's why I injured there, I pushed myself too hard in the previous months.
Thank you so much! I have been doing this all separately and nothing worked. Putting it together hits and actually seems to correct my muscle imbalances. I have had this problem for 4+ years. Super motivated this was it!
Ok, I’ve had pain in my buttocks for the past few weeks. It got so bad that I was almost unable to walk. I was told to stretch , but that made it worse. I just spent a few minutes doing this on both sides and the relief was immediate! This is definitely going into my routine and you got a new subscriber! Thank you and bless you!
Awesome! Yes keep it up a few times a day for a while and definitely check out our hips playlist!
My story, too. Thanks
This video saved me from much pain which I reckon was the sciatic nerve being trapped but was diagnosed as Piriformis syndrome. Thanks for sharing!! A couple days of these stretches and no more pain. 👌🏼
I can't thank you enough!!! This video came up in my YT feed - I've been struggling with such a lot of pain from sciatica. Did these movements and the pain was gone instantly. So many years of doing the clam and stretching and rolling for piriformis issues without improving. Now to strengthen my core with another of your videos.
Fantastic news! Yes the side plank march would be another great one for you to test
I literally never comment on anything, but this is life changing. I've been in debilitating pain bc I have spondylolisthesis which has self fused and caused horrible piriformis and glute pain. I'm in absolute tears right now with so much gratefulness for this video. Immediate relief!!!!!!!
Ah that’s great news!! Keep it up!
Great video!
I’m so much pain right now for piriformis syndrome. I had to check into ER.
I’m on heavy meds. But doing your exercises 3-5 day.
It helps! Thank you for posting
Awesome!! Keep it up hopefully you get some long term relief soon! Check out our hips playlist too!
How are you now? Been suffering for 9days now. Can't even sit down.
That visual explanation of all movements... A+
This is nuts, I've been fighting ITBS and pain for a month now and I did this one time for about 2 minutes per side and my IT band seems to already be feeling a little better. I'll be doing this regularly. Thank you for this video and you've got a new subscriber
Awesome! Yes it makes an appearance in this one too!
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Sllloooowwlyy with an ankle weight..killer.
New to your Channel Tom! And I am glad I tried your technique. I started having sciatica this year. (Less than a year and in my 20s). I do have a chiro session but then I have to wait a couple days before my appointment and having restless sleep due to pain gets exhausting.
I tried this for 2 days and I don't feel it anymore, but will continue to ensure it doesn't come back.
Whoever has pain, try this videoo!!
Absolutely fantastic! Love it!!
This is my favorite to daily hip routine because my hips are super tight, like not so mobile! I have had do much glute and piriformis pain for years. I get relief every time from this hip rotations! You are the best!
Fantastic to hear!!
i have never seen anyone explain this issue sooooo thorough but yet so simple.Great explanation!!!
Thanks so much! There’s a bit more to add to things of course like balance and leg strength but starting with actually loving the entire hip joint first is so so important and I’ve seen so many quick wins over the years just with adding that for people 😄
I'm so glad I have found your videos. After a couple of years of lingering sciatica pain. Your tutorials have made a huge difference. Thank you Tom!
Awesome news! Well done!
Not only does he give you the best exercise for your hips, he gives worthwhile advice of making sure you have the hip mobility before you workout and build a major muscle on top of a joint problem that hasn’t been addressed.
Doesn’t get any better!
Thanks so much! Yes I do like to make sure there’s things that don’t get missed! Have to move joints like joints and a lot of exercises are only partial ranges
Oh my good golly goodness! Thank you so much!! Already feeling relief in the first session after MONTHS and MONTHS of pain, MRI, and recent diagnosis of piriformis syndrome with compressed nerve. Also, just in general you are amazing and so very generous Tom and Jenny! I am looking forward to getting stronger and more flexible or Flonger and more Sexible sooooo soon!! Just blown away by the great presentation, education, and instruction. Much love and appreciation from Chile!
Aw amazing!! Thank you so much! You've done so well putting in the work 💪
You are real expert in your domain! I hope this video reaches to as many people as possible.
In a few minutes, you explained it all.
I hope majority of the humanity will understand....
Bravo!
Thank you!!
This is the only exercise out of all the other videos I've seen from other channels that it has actually work for me
Awesome to hear! Keep it up!
I've practiced ballet and contemporary dance at an amateur level all my life and your excellent videos are explaining just how good dance training is as so much of what you do is incorporated in dance training. I never realised the science behind it all but am now so glad that I kept dancing as Im fully fit at 62. Keep up the good work!
Love to hear this!! Yes I have picked up a lot of techniques from different dance teachers! Especially foot and ankle stuff as well as the hips!
This made my hips feel so much free and mobile. I'd recommend it! If anything it's just nice to have that feeling after. Cant believe I haven't seen this elsewhere. Stay tuned for progress on the dreaded piriformis syndrome!
Awesome to hear!! Keep it up a few times a day if you can!
Did it work for you? 1 year on?
@@carolyn3746 I didn't actually have piriformis syndrome - I thought I did but when I eventually went to physio they said it wasn't that. In the end the exercise for the physio helped solve my problem. But that exercise did help me feel a lot looser.
@@_crow8887 that is great news!
I always go back to this magic. fantastic advice !
Awesome to hear!!! Would be good to have a look through our hips playlist to see if there’s anything there you find super challenging!
Thank you for this Tom! Only did a few rounds of this drill and can already feel a massive difference. Will be including this in my leg day warmup routine going forward 🙏
Fantastic! Love to hear that, will never stop doing this one 😄
Thank you so much for this! After an injury in 2014, I have basically been in constant pain since then. After only TWO days of these exercises and I am pain free. I’m sending this video to all my friends (but I should also send it to the countless doctors and physiotherapists I’ve visited over the last 9 years) 😭😑 I cannot thank you enough!
Absolutely fantastic! Definitely check out our hips playlist to try and keep the ball rolling! Look for things you find challenging in it!
Yup
When I realized muscles weren’t sore because they were tight but because they were weak it changed everything
I had a slip and fall accident on ice back in December 2021. I feel very hard on my right back side. Since then I've experienced sciatica pain ranging from 1 to 10. I've done months of PT, got xrays, MRI's, injections and acupuncture. None of it was working. My doctor said the next step would be to cauterize the nerves. That doesn't solve the problem it just masks the pain. I switched my approach to diet and exercise. I dove into youtube videos finding many Physical therapist channels as well as PT's that are Pilates instructors. I LOVE to golf. I moved to a golf community so I could golf more. Every time I golf, the days following I experience so much pain. I have a goal to golf in a 4 day tournament in August. I found your videos and am hoping they are my key to success! Please keep posting sciatica exercise and care video's. This was the first time I saw this technique. It started to work immediately. And they are hilarious! thanks for the laughs
That’s awesome! Did you catch this blog, understanding more about it and how to manage it through moving is half the battle!
tommorrison.uk/blog/sciatica-lets-kick-its-ass
I've been having awful issues for awhile and have tried stretching and strengthening but I still have some pain. This is what I needed!! Thank you so much!!
I'm w Piriforms Deep muscle strain sciatic nerves 3 weeks .I'm adding these poll/doorframe Hip mobility exs and
I see the difference already in my Right Hip I was limping this morning I did these on both sides and my gait pattern n pain decreased right afterwards .
Thank you!
I'm an orthopedic bodyworker who spends many hours a day treating athletes, my success is based on my patient's outcomes. Tom's comprehensive method toward strengthening/stretching the whole joint (and connective tissue) instead of focusing on a singular muscle is always the best approach and the one I use, even with an MRI in hand. There are so many causes of pain. Never assume, and work comprehensively. Thanks!
Love to see this! Thanks so much!
I am grateful for your videos. Been injured for 6 months and am trying your videos. You have given me confidence . Have started incorporating your movements before my training . Thank you.
The best videos out there, IMHO, on the muscles that can lead to pain and how to fix it. Great videos Tom.
Thank you!!
Hello. I've had piriformis pain and sciatica down my left leg since a very slight ankle injury 2/3 years ago. It flares up when I run long distances and occasionally after I've done any core/lower body strength movements. Just done a first round of this and although the cramping was 😖 my hip already feels better. Thanks for sharing this.
Thanks, you are a joyful person! I'm glad I bumped into this channel 🙏🙏👍👍
Thank you so much Tom for everything you share, after being very fit and healthy for many years, my back, hips and knees are playing up. Your advice has been invaluable in getting me back training again.
Amazing! Love to hear that, it’s something I hate to see when people give up something they love because of pain
You are AMAZING I swear I have trouble with my lower back into my bum down my leg and no matter how much I stretch I just can’t seem to stretch enough I just tried this and it’s brilliant I feel a real proper stretch and relief. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!❤
Awesome! Definitely have a flick through our hips playlist and see if there is any other things you haven’t tried before!
Hey, I had to come back here to say--I did these exercises while watching, then did a few reps after. That was about an hour ago. For days I've been having weird pain/feeling like my knee needed to crack, and it seemed like the whole thing was originating from my hip but I couldn't figure out how. Well, I feel normal again!
Definitely putting these on daily round. Thanks!
Awesome! Yes definitely check out our hips playlist and try some of the others too!
I've been using smm for a week and feel a big shift in flexibility already, the shoulder workouts are worth their weight in gold for me with a long term ac joint injury.
muckers28 so happy to hear this!! 😄💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼
WOW!!! Definitely targets problem areas. I damn near fell over at the internal rotation.
I’ll continue to try these, until I can complete the full stretch.
Thank you very much for this!!
You’re good to do them 3 times per day, will help speed things up 💪🏼
Sciatica caused by a slipped L5 vertebra and with other stretches, I’m def adding these for full range of hip and glute. Looks like I can do them at home in an open doorway. Many thanks!!
Wow!!!!!! I happened upon your channel and I’m freaking out! Lol The foam rolling, clam shells and the stretching is what I HAD to do every day, among a few other ones or else I was in a constant flare… and even still, I would have some sort of issue especially along my butt, leg and foot. I knew my hips were insanely tight and very sore after a jog, but I was always told “they were a separate issue”… lol I went for U/S and laser treatments etc Physiotherapist and Kinesiologist couldn’t offer me long term solutions. After performing ONE set of your exercises pain in ALL my problem areas lessened dramatically and then disappeared! 😮 I will be doing this exercise to help me as I work on strengthening my weak muscles. Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! Your advice is spot on!
Awesome to hear! Yes it almost seems too simple to just move your hip like a hip! But yet it makes so much sense!
Thank you thank you thank you! I started getting this pain in my butt only on long runs. Now it's progressed to the point where it is keeping me up at night (it comes on during runs and when I am laying down). I didn't realize the piriformis stretches weren't getting to the root cause and a waste of time. 5 minutes of doing your hip drill felt so good. Excited to see how this will help my pain over the coming days.
Yes! May take a few weeks for it to really help so keep it up!!
I’ve had the same issue on long runs but this exercise has helped so much in the past week or so. Still not full strength though. Just curious if you kept doing the exercise and can run painless again by now?
@@justinsims5 Yeah I did the exercises for as long as I had the pain. It finally went away completely a few days before my marathon and has stayed gone while my weekly mileage has been a lot lower.
I don't do the exercises currently, but if the pain starts back up - even just a little bit - as I begin training for my fall race, I plan to nip it in the butt with these exercises before it becomes a huge pain in mine again! 🙂
For anyone like me who has had weak / uneven / short hip on one side for years, and has tried 100s of stretches from a million YT channels giving some relief but only temporary, do this.
Love your videos Tom!!! I share them with my clients who struggle like me with joint dysfunction.
Awesome!! Thank you so much! 🙏
As always an excellent presentation. Yup the pain at one of my piriformis muscles is very tight & minimum flexibility causing nerve pains down the leg. A few weeks now in "corporation" physical therapy & they still haven't 'revealed' this wisdom [you routine] to me, instead they are pushing just the temporary relief routines that I can find anywhere on the internet. Well they are now stale toast. Doing what you are doing for humanity...GOD is giving you an 'ATTA BOY'!
Love to hear it!! Keep working towards making everything stupidly strong!!
I'm glad this popped up today. I've a lot of spinal, pain and where it relates - pretty much everywhere 😅 Love that you've put it altogether in an easy flow.
I've done this a few times, experiencing cramp in the hips. It hasn't taken away much pain yet but it's alleviated some around my waist and a little in the hips. Seems promising, thanks so much, never stop monkeying around 😂 👍
Excellent! Would be worth looking at our hips playlist and seeing if there’s anything there you find super hard!
I’ve only recently discovered your channel Tom and I’m extremely glad I did. Incredibly well presented and clear explanations/demonstrations. Thanks!
Thanks so much! The playlists are handy for anything specific you need 😄
Love this channel. Informative and great craic too
Conor McKenna Thankyou!!! Yeah we really enjoyed making this one!! 😄😄😄😄
Hi Tom just wanted to thank you for this vid. Has tight hips and pain for years through poor training techniques and a couple of motorbike accidents. After one round noticed a difference in mobility and comfort already. Life saver keep up the good work my friend I will be checking out all your other vids you know your stuff fella.
Fantastic buddy! Keep it up, when you’ve done it regularly for a few months everything feels and moves so much better!
Hey Tom, I just watched your video for the first time today, hoping to try this out when I get to the gym today, I have been suffering from glute tightness for over three years now, it’s really frustrating. Hopefully I should get some relief. Thank you ❤️
Hey how’s your progress been?
Man I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. Reading all the comments about how it worked so quickly for people gave me a lot of hope, and I did the exercises to the T, but still no relief. Terrible piriformis pain for 7 months now, starting to feel helpless. Happy for the people it has helped though
It can take a few weeks to start helping, and there’s other elements to take into account too like strength and balance overall, you probably just have a few things that all need worked on together, SMM would be great for you
This was great. Helped me with my IT+ knee pain, reminded me of my joints needing attention too. Already doing many of your exercises 🙏.
Fantastic! So happy to hear!!
I already had to find this all out myself the hard way. Really wish I had this video sooner, thank you for putting it out there!!!
great video, great drill. You can feel the difference immediately, can only imagine if you did this for a few months then with resistance.
OMG!!❤ Thank you so much for this video! I’m so glad I found it. These exercises are already giving me some relief from my right intense ‘piriformis’ pain. I’ve been doing SO much stretching but this is obviously what I need to make my hips stronger. Thanks again. A new subscriber 😀
Awesome to hear!! Definitely check out the hips playlist! 💪🏼
Great informative content, excited to see this channel blow up over the next few years and get the recognition it deserves!
Alex Bryden thanks so much!! Yes I only used to use RUclips to store videos for reuploading to Facebook in the past 🙈🙈 regret it now!! Haha, but have a good regular posting schedule now! 😄 thanks so much for commenting! Where did you first come across us??
RUclips’s algorithm suggested it on the side of a video I was watching. I’m very glad that it did.
Alex Bryden fantastic! What are you struggling with? I’ll be able to link you something rather than you having to search through loads of stuff 😄
Tom Morrison Right now I’m struggling with mobility in my hip flexors and hip extensors. I have the flexibility to hold a deep squat as long as I want. But when I try to do deep squats with load above 80% 1RM, my hip flexors tend to get very tight and painful afterwards. Also I suffer from spasms in the piriformis when my glutes and hamstrings are fatigued after a hard lower body day.
Alex Bryden interesting! definitely sounds like a muscle firing issue! There’s a drill here also that may be helpful also! It will probably take a week or two to start noticing changes but stick with it!!
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I understand now, I only needed someone like yourself to make a cool video like this. ❤❤❤
Thank you so much for this - I have to gently school my clients on their doctor's bogus diagnosis ... this video will help :)
Christine Harrelson I know! It’s so frustrating! No one is ever questioned on their lifestyle or habits, just given a diagnosis 🙈 thanks for commenting! Any requests ever just let us know in a comment!! 😄
You are wise to continue to tell what people need to hear! Thank you!
Best mobility moves Ive ever used thnx
Thank you!! Glad it helps 💪💪
I thought I had something wrong with my piriformis, but it turns out my mattress was just garbage.
Just tried this, honestly I thought IT was gonna take months of excercises to feel this good and free, my lower back pain is GONE after a single round, my hips feel so free, thank you from the bottom of my heart
Awesome! Keep it up a few times per day for a while and definitely check out our hips playlist! 😄
this one is gold ! i feel less tension specially in my pelvic floor which is tight, but i can activate my glutes after like for real lol
i had pelvic pain the 2nd day doing this but i think it is due to the fact that my piriformis is weak in the first place, i'll see in the future
thank you tom
How is going man
Good gosh!
My right lower lateral hamstring & right buttock area have been having moderate pain for awhile. I’ve had 2 physical therapy sessions in the past week. No better, and the prescribed exercises are pretty painful or don’t seem to address the problem.
Your video popped up on my search. I just did 2 sets of this, and my pain is already much better!!
Thank you!
Fantastic! Keep it up 😄
Thanks for this video Tom, I found it great. I tweaked my glute on a trail run at the weekend and found just one session of this greatly helped, I think one more today and I can get back running after a couple of days rest. I just found this video when I was searching for exercises to help with this. I have a goal for next year to run my first ever marathon and only recently ran a sub 20min 5k. As I build up the mileage I know I'll also need to build up strength to cope with those stresses, do you have a program you'd recommend to help with this goal and staying injury free?!
Awesome to hear!! Yes SMM would be perfect to support your running!
tommorrison.uk/the-simplistic-mobility-method
You are saving my life. My sacroiliac pain is nearly gone after 3 days of your exercises shown here. Tell you more next week!
Brilliant to hear! Keep it up!!
Totally worth getting the bus for 1 stop for 😂😂
Jenni Sanders 🤣 there’s no way Shelley would film me she says, she’s mortified 🤣🤣🤣
@@TomMorrison you've got to be dedicated 🤣🤣
Jenni Sanders 😎😎😎 all in the name of SICK CONTENT!!!
Tom Morrison on a BUS!
That lucky bus 😎😎🤣
You saved me a trip to the physio! Been doing this for a week now and it's helped so much. Thank you!!
Awesome!
First time trying this but I’ve been stretching and rolling for a week with no hope in sight and no physio available until another 4 weeks and this instantly felt better! And it makes so much sense! Thanks Tom! I am an athlete (CrossFit and running), what’s your advice for exercise and training with this kind of injury?
Brilliant to hear!! Obviously I am biased but for CrossFit you need to move as well as possible and be able to cope with a lot of bilateral training so The Simplistic Mobility Method is really what you want to have in your back pocket! Also ultimate core to avoid imbalances from the olympic lifts!
@@TomMorrison a local chiro told me I had a bulging disc at L4 based off an x-Ray, no MRI, I did your piriformis stretching and 90/90 for 2 weeks and I’m back at 100%! Thank you!!!
I've had sciatica every day for over five years and it's just like you said, some PT exercises with the piriformis (and others) help temporarily but no permanent relief. This hip exercise feels really good and I'm hoping doing it daily will make a difference!! thank you!
After 7 weeks of excruciating pain, finally a life saver. Thank you ❤️
Great to hear!
Probably the best video I've seen on the subject- thank you. Good video.
Glad it was helpful!!! 😄😄
Tom God Bless you for this! I was able to work a full day because of yoh!
I have been recovering from a really severe piriformis strain (and a bulging disc) over the last 6 weeks. This is helping SO MUCH! love your energy and intensity too. Subscribed.
Wow. Thanks for this video. I've been going to a PT for over a year, and we've thrown the kitchen sink at my hip and low back issues. Today, my lower back/hip was spasming so badly that I had to hold on to the counter, or I would fall down. 1 minute of this routine on the affected side helped a lot. Well done; thanks for this video!
Glad it was helpful! 😄😄
Amazing how 20-30 year olds seem to know 65 year old people's problems 😅 You guys rock and are motivated ✌️👍
This is an issue that many people have, not just 65 year olds! We also work with those in their 60s, 70s even 80s on a daily basis and help them get moving & out of pain 💪
@@TomMorrison yes you are right.. am getting weak in retirement...need a trainer for motivation and advise
Thank you! Thank you! I have gotten more relief for my pain by using your information and exercises than all the exercises I was advised to do by my Chiropractor and Osteopath! I’ve been suffering for months and now I have hope. I’m grateful for you! 🇨🇦
Awesome to hear! Yes work your way through our hips playlist and look for things you find hard!
You the guy!! I’m an avid mountain biker and struggled with all sorts of lower spasms in the last year and this is now on the fix list!! Instant relief and I can do this whilst on the trail 🙏🙌🙏✌️
Awesome!
How cute is his enthusiastic approach! Refreshing
Thanks so much!
Amazing excercise!
Thanks a lot from Montreal!❤
I love your energy!!!
Thanks so much!!
As a Certified Personal Trainer, I 100% agree with this video! I want to reinforce a couple points:
1) keep your standing leg hip bones stable against the pole throughout.
2) watch the bit about the progressions and modifications a few times. Anyone watching this video will likely need these!
Thank you for this video!
Love it!! Thankyou!
3 chiros, 4 physio's and 2 Drs None worked. .But this has helped alleviated my symptoms!
It’s a weird one isn’t it!! Years later to me now it seems like common sense but still hear this every day
This Movement changed my life. Goated movement
Awesome to hear!! Make sure to keep building on it! That’s just the start really!
@@TomMorrison thanks, you're right. And the change in thinking about movement of a joint as a whole, not just a muscle went a long way
Had acute onset of sciatica that has been causing buttock pain, leg burning, knee pain, and ankle pain. Tried all the exercising I could find online to help relieve the pain. Pain killers for a few hours at night was the only way I got any sleep. Yesterday I did these exercising for a bit and realized just how much I restricted in movement on my left side. Really didn’t think it would work but gave it a shot. I woke up this morning and I had NO pain when I woke up. Did these exercises again this morning and noticed I was already less restricted in my movements. I don’t know how that’s possible! Sitting is still an issue for me but hopefully doing these exercises everyday will help me be completely pain free at some point. 😅 THANK YOU!!
So happy to see that!! Keep it up, definitely check out more of our hip videos, once you have things moving better you want to strengthen them too
Your stuff really works!! I’m back out running to support charities for causes. Thank you!!
I love this! Thankyou so much!
Wow! Love your approach to this really painful and debilitating problem. I have to give this a try, nice and clear and easy to follow.
Keep it up for a few weeks! Definitely check out our hips playlist too!
@@TomMorrison I've already started and my calf is feeling relief already. Nothing has worked prior. Thanks so much 😎
😮oh my word! I have needed this for two years, thank you so much for sharing your wealth of knowledge!
You are so welcome! Hope it starts to help quick! 💪🏼