Piriformis Syndrome: Why Posture Matters | Fixing Buttock Pain, Low Back Pain & Sciatica 

Very clear and precise information. Thanks a lot ! I like the way he calmly explains things 👍

This is one of the very best guide and explanation on youtube, I´ve seen em all. Thanks

This pain have been disturbing for the past 6-7 years. I just did the stretch you said, and believe me, I haven't felt like this in years. Won't say the pain is gone, but the relief has given a lot of hope ❤️ Thank you very very very much❤️

Thanks I walked upstairs Too many times a day and caused my buttocks to hurt. This information was very helpful. I’m a 75 year old lady

Hey everyone!! If you need more info on posture correction and better habits, check out the ebook that I wrote for you: www.theposturemanual.com

A while back I started oil painting and the seat I had was quite hard. After several months I would have really deep and even sharp pains on both sides of my pelvis. It felt like the cushions were gone and I was riding on bone alone. I cant stand too much because of peripheral neuropathy. Now the big problem is when I drive. The pain is unbearable immediately. So I have found a couple (including this one) videos that have similar solutions.and I've had sciatica, pain down to my foot recently.and surgery for a herniated disc 50 years ago. Thank you.

"Muscles are stupid. Whenever they have a problem, they will contract" 😂 so funny yet so true

Been searching for something to explain and help. This has affected me for years. Thank you so much!

Thanks for the information on the piriformis muscle and referring to the pain and tests to determine if a person has this syndrome. The exercises are worth doing to get the relief in the buttock area. Thanks once again. Elizabeth Ratliff

This stretch really helped relieve the pain in my left buttcheek after a day of studying.

I suffer from chronic pain since late 2018. It started off as a knee pain and it kept on escalating to the hip, glute and lower back. It's a shooting pain that gives BURNING sensation and pins and needles. Sometimes my right leg feels numb and heavy. It fluctuates with activities. But basically, pain gets worse with sitting for too long or driving, or standing for too long, lying on the right side for too long, walking for too long. I completely stopped exercising early 2020 because it was making it worse. Symptoms manifest more like nerve impingement issue, however, x-rays and scans can't detect anything wrong on my body, except for the lost of disc height of L5-S1, which I've been told that it's normal. I've done blood tests, they can't see anything wrong. I am living with the pain every second of my life. I've been to a Chiropractor, 2 physiotherapists, 2 biokineticist, orthpaedic, 2 neurosurgeons, Homeopath, and a Sports physician. They all have been trying, but nothing has helped so far. If I try their recommended exercises, the pain gets worse, it's like I'm burning, I can't even fall asleep. I've tried countless supplements and other meds. None has worked. At some point it affected me mentally. Do you have any opinion with this condition?

Thanks for the video, My problem starts with my right leg: pain, tingling, numbness not so much when I'm sittibg but especially when driving. Your explanation and suggested remedy will be highly appreciated.

This saved my weekend from being painful to cheerful, thanks a lot.!!

I have suffered with recurring piriformis syndrome for years now, when I get a painful debilitating attack the best relief is to walk it off, sitting around doing nothing makes it worse and longer lasting.

Thank you! I’m going through this pain from a tennis injury, deep tissue massage, 7 hour drive, and then a 6 hour fight back to back. Appreciate the info!

Excellent videos and advice. I've been living abroad for 2 years not driving and have recently moved back home and started driving my old VW Golf which is manual, with slight bucket seats (I'm quite tall). My sciatica from PS has got much worse, which has been interesting to see the cause and affect so clearly. I've had PS for years, but whilst abroad and not driving it had got considerably better. Would you recommend certain cars for those suffering with this nerve pain? Are manual or automatics better? And are cars with more upright seats where your legs are at a right-angle better? Thank you!

thank you for the video. will this help to cure the issue?

THANKS OLIVIER GIRARD --- THE POSTURE GURU. FROM U.K. (2021).

My doctor told me I had P S probably over 10 years ago and this is excellent.I still have muscle spasms on right side mainly and I had dry needing for the spasms. That was the first relief I had in years, after PT multiple times.

You genius! Instant relief guys for burning tingling pain in lower back and buttocks.

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I wish I knew this 10 years ago! I just spent two days barely able to move. After tens massage, heat and your stretch, I'm up and walking like normal! Magic!

I’m so happy to learn that the pain in my buttocks l feel sometimes in that area has a name for it.

This helps so much I’ve been losing sleep because of this. At first it was hard pin pointing where the pain was coming but after trying the stretch immediately there was relief god bless you

Thank you, have this pain when standing in line for concerts and this stretch really helped tons

Thanks for the info, i been having this pain on my back, butt and hips and nowadays it goes through both of my feet feeling numb n restless all the time. By now i just try anything that will help my chronic pain.

Very good way to explain

I have back pain hips pain and legs pain and gases I’m in so much pain I can’t sit and I can’t stand and I can’t sleep

I was just stretching like this due to pain in my lower back. Then pain radiated to the side of my buttocks. Now im searching why I’ve pain here and what stretches can I do. Lol and your video shows the same stretch I was originally doing because it felt good. 😊

I’m 38 now but I started feeling this pain when I was 28

Thank you very much for your teaching it's very helpful.

Thank you for the information. I just had this pain just today after I practiced handstand hold on a wall and other exercises like assisted one arm pull then tucked front lever. Then suddenly I had pain in my butt and hips on the left area. I had a discomfort while walking. Then I tried the strectching part of the video, and somehow it alleviates the pain. Thank you for the information.

Great explanation and stretching exercise! Keep posting please 😊

100 percent right. Such an informative and helpful video. This is exactly what happened to me and you demonstrated it so good . It really helped me.

This is a good,helpful video thankyou best wishes 😁👍

Will try that just started getting back pain

Had this problem for just on one year. This exercise carried out by a private hospital physiotherapist put me on my back for a week and in worse pain. Beware people who do not fully appreciate someone’s real problems.

Nice, feel a lot better after applying heat and doing the stretch. Does the disc go back in to place it self, do I need surgery? Iv been told by the doctors that it goes back in to place it self, and how long does it take to do so?

I guess this is what I have. I couldn't define the pain... Hip, buttocks, hip flexor. I'll try this stretching. Thank you 🙂

Thanks man it really helped alot in decreacing the pain in my right side, which was there for a whole year

Thank u so much Dr. Girard! I AM doing these stretches right now. They help!

Hello Olivier Thank you for sharing, really helped a lot , got few questions for you, how often we have to do to get rid of the pain permanently, does it go permanently if we take care? , sitting can’t be escaped so what things we have to consider while sitting Thank you

Hello. I have a muscle atrophy in my right leg below knee due to GBS. Request you to make a video on all the muscles related to it and how to regain the lost muscle. This will help me alot

Dancers get it from forcing turnout in hip joints. Thanks for the education!

Where is your office located. I have severe sciatic nerve pain that radiates from my right side lower back, all of the way down through my gluteus, groin, hamstrings, back of knee, calf, and foot, all on the right side. It has gotten much worse as I do more and more physical therapy, deep tissue massage, stretching, and strength training. I now carry a tennis ball with me everywhere that I go, to use whenever I sit(which causes discomfort) and in my car seat while I drive. I just started moving my deep tissue technique over to the opposite side, on the left lower vertebrae, where I feel no pain, to see if it could be the origin of a nerve impingement.

Can we purchase a physical copy of your book? Is all this information included in it? Many thanks 🙏🏻

Thank you so much Dr have been dying of pain without knowing the cause even

thank you for this video. great info.

Thank you for this

Very good video

Icing works well for me to get out of immediate pain. Then, I do the stretches, then ice again.

Hi doctor thankful to you i have apain in my hip now i know the reason from your vido. Very informative.God bless you.

if you lower the foot on the bend leg to the floor in the stretch, it gives even more of a stretch

I hope all are well

1 month of pain gone in 2 mins. Thanks a lot. Love from India 🇮🇳🇮🇳

Interesting. I always thought my sciatica and piriformis pain was caused by a deep tissue sports massage following a back injury from weights and you’ve confirmed it.

Just came across your channel! Can you please tell me if this excercise is good for sciatic pain as well.

Thanks for your very useful information

Everyday I feel like something needs to pop so I stand on my right leg and bend down like I’m gonna touch my right toes and there’s always a pop under the buttocks, what is this? SI joint? How can I fix this, I’ve had piriformis syndrome a few times in the past and always gotten low back strains throughout my life.

This is a very clear explanation of the cause of the pain. I have piriformis muscle pain for the past year. Thank you for this very useful information. Hope to see more of your useful video.

Sir, I just watched this again and I’ve looked at your program. I am intrigued. I am a long time hospital nurse who has not been sitting for a long time. I have imbalance now and I believe it is musculoskeletal in nature. Not in my head.

Please I have pain and pressure around my butt and rectum , and sacrum muscles when I sit also I did pelvic therapy, it didn’t work…. Please which Doctor I need to go or therapist do I need specific injection !!? Help me please 🙏🏻I live in Illinois USA

Burning/Numbness in upper glute, doesnt go anywhere else. Had a lower back injury from leg press which this pain stemmed from. Lower back has healed but burning in glute is bad especially when sitting on couches and after sitting for a long time. Numbness can be intermittent some days there some days it isn't. What should I be doing to help it?

Thanks for sharing... I have the same pain in my hip but how many times to do this exercise in a day, ... thanks

Instantly pain gone...thx Doc

you have a nice style...no BS....

Hi, you mention another exercise which can be found in different video - please let me know how to find the other video. Thank you.

Great information, very helpful!

Thank you 🙏🙏🙏

Hi Olivier if you don’t mind can you answer my question. Iv got a bulging disc pain around my buttock area and shooting down my left leg, it’s been going on since February this year. When it started in February Iv been taking pain relief and doing stretches, at start it was helping, for the last month Iv tried everything but the pain is continually there all the time, even when doing the stretches. The only place I feel comfortable is on the floor laying on my back. Anything I can do to relieve the pain?

just bought that tens unit so fast. found a good price. really hope it works

Please help I had ems done three years ago and that did the damage I developed sciatica and I suffer from that very much .please help any advice how to get rid of this pain

Eversense I used EMS I have developed this perirgormis pain sciatica pain for the last year it will not go away I suffer from it.any suggestions to get better

Very informative video. Thank you so much.

Hi I had a microdiscectomy 7 months ago I am still feeling same tingling in left glute feeling coldness in muscle as well I had mri done last month that comes normal some times it’s too much I feel bit tightness in calf as well and electric sensation in big toe I am doing stretching and exercise daily hope to hear from you

Hi Oliver can you tell me what happened to me? Or what I should do? I feel pain on my right buttock around the hip area and it is excruciating pain too. I can't put any pressure on it and it feels heavy too. I extracted it from a small fall and I'm not sure if it is serious or not as I have a run tomorrow?

Well, I’m a week past having a TKR & to add insult to injury, I hurt my back doing my physio 🙄🙈. So now I’m in pain from knee operation, & struggling to do my exercises even more, plus I have numbness & pins & needles too! All the videos I’ve watched do these stretches, but due to knee I can’t do that 🤷🏻‍♀️ could cry with frustration (& pain) Should add, I have osteoarthritis in my back .......ANY advice? 🙏

Hi Oliver Intense burning like fever in the inner buttock with no pain is also considere in this martter?

I'm Having the pain at the hip , lower back to leg does it is muscle strain or any other pain?? Can you tell sir?

Very good video thank you 💫👏🙏

Its killing me for over 2momths now, covid19 gave room for sitting longer on plastic chairs and its killing me...i have stretched over and over but needs you to elaborate the heat you talk about...how do I apply the heat to my butts???

very gopd analysis

Nice work. Can you make a video please how to use ems machine for this pain. Thanks

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Thank you Doctor

I'm going through this my lower back burns if I sat to long the pain goes down my right glute and down my hamstring if i was to sit on anything hard even the toilet I've been going to my Chiropractor for neck issues he's been massaging deep into the glute muscles where I really feel it but it's the pain afterwards that affects me, contracts so bad it burns i can't sit or walk properly feel so unstable for days is he doing the right thing or is he making it worse?

Unfortunately doing this type of exercise makes the arthritis in my hip much worse to the point I then have difficulty walking. I need an alternative exercise.

I have piriformis syndrome and had my chair backrest slightly tilted backward. I have now changed to be either straighter and increased the inflatable lumbar support. This has caused to take some pressure off my piriformis and more on back of top of thigh. Hopefully this will help me.

What’s the muscle behind the sciatic nerve but below the piriformis muscle ? That looks like where my pain is. It’s a pinch that does not go away.

Thanks a lot for making this video!

Thanks for the explanation

Sir I have varicose does this cause the pain in hip at end of spain

You say to apply heat. I have been using ice packs to freeze my hip. When it’s froze, I no longer feel the pain. (Until my hip thaws) please advise. Thank you for your video

Sir when i am lying on bed that happens to me and i cannot move or get up or take side turns and i feel like my bones are going to break it hurts

Do you think dry needling would help?

Dear doctor, My compression test is painful while streching test is painless.. What excercises will be helpful?

TQ sir .same problem 🙏🙏

I’ve suffered from this pain for over 15 years now. How often should I do these stretches and how many reps per set? I’m hoping this will help me to sit comfortably for the first time in years

I am feeling pain in left leg from my joint and very intense at the back of my knee. And I discovered I am bending towards the side. Taking a lot of drugs as recommended yet not gone. Kindly advice How do I regain my posture and pain free? Thanks

Thank you sooo much. Yes, I went the PT complaining of lower left butt pain. He thinks it’s my lumbar that’s causing the pain and diagnosed me w/ spondylosis since I’m 64 yo without considering piriformis syndrome. Before the pandemic I teach online English and was seated on a hard wooden chair for 5 hrs. w/o breaks. Now, its clear what I have. They say ice is better than heat...I’m confused but I value your opinion. God bless you Dr.!