How to INSTANTLY Relieve Piriformis Pain
Dr. Rowe shows easy exercises to quickly relieve piriformis muscle tightness and pain.
The piriformis muscle is a major cause of pain around the buttock and posterior thigh. What usually causes this is a blend of muscle weakness and tightness that leads to strain.
If it gets bad enough, it may lead to piriformis syndrome (or pseudo-sciatica) that can cause pain, numbness, and tingling down the thigh and into the leg.
To fix this, we'll focus on lengthening and strengthening the piriformis, that way we can get both quick and long-lasting relief.
Each exercise works differently. To get the best results, make sure to go through them all and use what gives you the most relief.
Let us know which exercise works best for you!
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:11 Muscle Release (Standing)
2:44 Muscle Release (Bed)
4:55 Muscle Release (Seated)
6:40 Strengthening Exercise 1
8:46 Strengthening Exercise 2
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Dr. Michael Rowe
St. Joseph, Michigan chiropractor
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@Darksam93
27 күн бұрын
Thank you for your videos. I get very benefit. Thank you so much and appreciate for this. Keep making videos for us ❤
@gracengundu
22 күн бұрын
Hello,what are the exercise I can do for one leg swollen
@roseerjavec9987
19 күн бұрын
So far it’s helping!!
@DrSAlegria
10 күн бұрын
Can it be piriformus syndrome if the pain radiates in the SIDE of the right leg?
@mattshaw21
2 күн бұрын
❤
Your timing is insane. This isn’t the first time you’ve uploaded a video explaining exactly the what the pain I’m feeling is and what caused it
@DrRowe
27 күн бұрын
Glad you found the video!
@Phyllis91858
26 күн бұрын
Me too 😢
I watch your videos all the time. I appreciate you, and so doesn't my husband. I always know where to go to, to make him more comfortable where he is hurting after a long day of hard work. You're the man, man.
@DrRowe
27 күн бұрын
Glad the exercises are helping and thanks for sharing them too!
Immediate relief!!!! Been dealing with this issue for years. Always trying to find stretches that work but hadn’t found anything that quite got it. These helped tremendously! Thank you! Will watch this one many times.
Oh my god this could not have been better timing 😂 thank you for this video sir!
@DrRowe
27 күн бұрын
Hope the exercises help!
Your videos have helped me more than any therapist, doctor, medication, etc. has in 25 years! I did the last exercise first without much hope and WOW!!! With just 2-3 reps my hip pain was 95% gone immediately!! I’ve been doing all of them daily for the last 5 days and haven’t had to take NSAIDs once since then!!!! I’ve already shared your videos with friends and you are helping them too 💯 THANK YOU for such clear and direct explanation. Your videos are an answered prayer 🙏🏻
@sudenluola2241
3 күн бұрын
The last exercise, if you're talking about the bird dog pose, is a part of "McGill big 3" exercises, all of which are VERY excellent in hip, core and spine health and stability. I recommend you to try all 3 of the exercises from it.
Dr. Rowe, Thanks so much for sharing these movement to stretch & strengthen the muscle to help the peri formis. Will keep these for my teaching. 👍
So timely!! I've been hurting on my left side for the last 3 days, using ice, heat, Tens & some meds! Thank you for reading my mind ☺️. NOTHING BETTER than a pain-free day 🎉
I’ve had this issue for a long time and tried some different stretches that temporarily worked. But these ones are next level! So happy I saw this video. Thank you! 🙏🏼
Thank you! Thank you so much. I have been struggling for 1 month. This is the first time I have been without pain for 1 month. This absolutely works!
Same exercise my therapist recommended.. Been following it for a weak now and I gotta say the pain is reducing slowly 😊😊
Thank you very much Dr.Rowe
These stretches helped me immensely.
Thanks. I needed that exercise
Thank You for your Help.
Like everyone is saying, your timing is perfect 👍. Thank you so very much, your videos have healed my joints issues.
he's a master of bones💯
@KenanTurkiye
24 күн бұрын
...and ligaments and tendons and musc....you get the drift ! :)
I have had this pain for a very long time. I have DYId it for as long . It developed after a fall a very long time ago where I landed on my butt. I was scrolling tarot readings, and Voila! Thank you, Dr. Rowe! A suggestion for another video: tension in the neck; acute pain is concentrated between the spine and the inner side of scapula.
Great videos! I'm a Hair Stylist on my feet over 35 years. I have a sharp knife pain in my right leg. I know it's connected to my lower back because I have a Buldging Disk with a tear.
Great explanation. You hit the nail on the head for this pain. I do yoga all the time but this targeted the pain more. Thank you for your expertise.
Amazing cool working out I have little sciatica and varis
JUST what i need to know 😊
Excellent. This really help . I have been seeing therapist and do exercises but these exercises really work on my pain points. I will keep working on it see how it is going to improve.
Good thanks
Thank you
I'm going to repeat what everyone else is saying. Perfect timing, as I am struggling with this issue right now. Thank you SO much!!! I enjoy you no-nonsense videos. Well explained!
Just what I needed! Thank you so much! 🥰
@DrRowe
27 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching!
Omg! These exercises helped so much. Having a lot of numbness and tingling in my leg tonight. Thank you!
Are you spying on me? This is not the first time you put out a video for the exact problem that is currently bothering me... 😂 Thank you!!! ❤
@NCollins86
26 күн бұрын
So many of us all agree that he's psychic or something like that haha! It's a little weird sometimes to see the exact exercises to help my current needs. Could very well be a very invasive algorithm...
That's Fabbbmazzzing..... Thank You❤❤❤
Just what I needed. Thanks and best wishes from 🇬🇧
I’m watching this video on repeat until I’m in routine. Good stuff.
It does work! Thank you so much 👍
Wow. Piriformis stretches and strengthening immediately relieved hip pain. Will keep at it!
@DrRowe
16 күн бұрын
Great to hear!
Thank you so much for everything, you are brilliant and truly inspiring. Cheers.
Dude, you make it so easy. Thanks, I really needed that.
@DrRowe
27 күн бұрын
Glad to help and thanks for watching!
Thanks for the help with my hip!!
You are my hero. I always have trouble with my hip towards the back of my knee. Videos help relieve most of my pain.
@DrRowe
26 күн бұрын
Keep at the exercises and thanks for watching!
Thanks a lot for this video doc..it really helps 👍
Thank you so much. Really helps the pain
@DrRowe
3 күн бұрын
Glad it helped!
I go to foot an ankle therapist. I am enjoying the sessions. I have to add these at home. Thanks 👍
Looking good Doc 😎
The last exercise is no joke 🔥 thanx
Thank you. You read my mind ❤😊
Nice immediately relieved my sciatic pain
Of all the lower back exercises I've been trying of yours that second one is a game changer! I've modified it by using a hand on each knee to rotate the figure 4 and get more stretch (please let me know if that's bad). One thing I noticed is that performing the various exercises on the problem side, I feel the muscle stretch (pain) and when I then perform it on the good side, my lower back will crack. I suspect my lower back is misaligned and these exercises are helping to pull it back into alignment. Thank you so much for your videos, they've helped me tremendously!
Thank you very much for your beatiful efforts.I wish you health and fortune.
@DrRowe
26 күн бұрын
Thanks so much for watching!
Great techniques brother!
@DrRowe
27 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching!
Thank you!!!!
@DrRowe
13 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching!
4:28 I used to do that a few times a week for glute stretching, especially after weighlifting, leg training. The side tilt methof I did not know about, did it today, wow, so much relief, thank you doc! Weightlifted today again, again things tensed up, but programmed this procedure 4 times a week.
Thank you for this! Should the core be engaged through the stretching and the strengthening moves?
I have been suffering from this since the second covid shot and from shoulder down to hand since the first. Both with extreme limitation of movement and pain. No meds were useful. I feel that this will really get me on the road to recovery. Thank you for your generosity in sharing. :)
Thank you Dr 🙏🙏🙏
thank you very mach
❤ Excellent Dr🎉
Immediate relief! Thxs a lot! The first stretch in standing position with legs partly crossed! That is absolutely amazing!
@DrRowe
10 күн бұрын
Glad it helped!
Thanks
Good evening Doc. We appreciate it once again. Could you please upload a video with some tips over thumb pain? Its been more than 3 weeks and my right thumb still hurts and I've no clue if it is either tendinitis or arthritis
Uffff. Thnx a lot. Tremendous help 💯
@DrRowe
13 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching!
Excelent, thank you. I have a question about the pain. If i have to much pain, this excersices are good only or i need medicine too?
Hi Dr Rowe, great explanations... Are these for daily repetition?
Grazie tenkiu’ , Especially helpful in an Italy almost empty of Chiropratici
@DrRowe
27 күн бұрын
Hello and thanks for watching!
Do you mind read??😅😅 Know you've heard, "just what I needed today".
@DrRowe
27 күн бұрын
Maybe... 🙂
@NCollins86
26 күн бұрын
I swear I'm ALWAYS getting recommendations from this channel precisely when I need them! Wild. Dr. Rowe... "the telepathic chiropractic" lol.
@boatsandhoes311
26 күн бұрын
@@NCollins86you and me both
@MrFreon1990
25 күн бұрын
white magican , soul and body healer , not less than this.
@sandhamancherrykoran2240
23 күн бұрын
My exact sentiment.. woke up with pain in my buttocks.. and I came across this video..oh wow😊
Thanks for sharing with us ❤️❤️🇿🇦
@DrRowe
27 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching!
Hi DR Rowe, I've been watching your videos for awhile now and I do have pain in the Piriformis area but it then goes into the front of my thigh and causes pain when I walk. Can you please suggest an exercise for that area? Thank you so much. Ruth
This is exactly what I'm experiencing & these exercises are a definite help. The standing exercise is a killer though...LOL! 😊
Awesome you are, Yoda
You're the best everrr❤️
@DrRowe
26 күн бұрын
Thanks so much for watching!
Thanks!
@DrRowe
25 күн бұрын
THANK YOU so much for supporting the channel! - Dr. Rowe -
Dr .Rower i have exactly this pain.when i bend i get this pain.Iam 79lady when i walk about the house to get work done long time without resting iget this pain.Iwas getting better with your streaches.but yesterday i had some house work and i got it again. I again. again.Iwill do these excersises from today on .Thank you ALLAH BLESS YOU.
Very Good🎉🎉🎉
Should core be engaged thru stretches and strengthening? Please advise
Ya ❤ you always post videos on parts of the body that we need , when we need it. PHYCIC???
Whenever I do your hip stretches, my hips feel so much better! They don't ache, I'm able to sleep through the night, and I don't have to take any ibuprofen! It's truly a miracle! I do have a question. When doing stretches and exercises, there are times when I have muscle spasms and I have to stop. It's not because it's difficult or I'm not in shape, I just have to stop because the muscle spasm takes over! Other than being hydrated, can you give any advice?
Talk about amazing timing. I just googled this last night! Going on week 5 with pain 😢
@DrRowe
27 күн бұрын
Ouch... hope these exercises help!
Should the exercises make the area feel worse before it feels better? 😊thanks
Dr. Rowe. Can the piriformis cause shortness of breath from pain?
After a heavy leg workout, the vein in my calf hardens and I have very little calf pain. I do ice compresses. Do you think this will pass? Your videos are very helpful and informative. Thanks
I’ve had sciatica for about a year now. Last week had a sumo deadlift injury causing severe pain in the hips and my left hamstring. Seems i added on this “psuedo-sciatica” on top of my already existing sciatica. I’m going to start doing these exercises and stretches. Thank you.
I have significant severe acute pain that started about 5 days ago; do you think i can still try these safely? Or could there be a risk of further injury if, say, something was sprained, strained, or torn?
I was hoping this would help, but I must have a slightly different issue. The middle exercise, laying down, is where I feel pain in the hip. No matter which leg is bent, I feel pain and on one side only. Also, if I enter the position by raising my lower back to meet the figure four, it is impossible to lean back again. Please let me know if there is another stretch for this. It doesn't feel tight so much as stuck. Thank you
3:49, the rocking motion feels so good.
@cheresebargo7082
15 күн бұрын
Yessss!!!
Can you please show some videos of how to relieve sciatic also I Had Aortic valve surgery where they gave me a epidural and now if I move to much I have a painful tingling from my back to my right foot This has me concerned
When doing fire hydrants, why do you need to move your head to look back? I used to do those but always look straight ahead. Is there a benefit to the hip otherwise or does it matter?
Been struggling with piriformis for a year. These exercises are different than all the others I've tried. They felt great while doing them - even the hardest stretches. I'm very excited to make this my routine and see what happens! Should these be done more than once per day?? Thank you, Dr Rowe, for this video!
@DrRowe
20 күн бұрын
The stretches can be used throughout the day as needed. Strengthening exercises once per day (take a recovery day as needed)..
@betho.3542
20 күн бұрын
@@DrRowe Thank you so much!!!
If you have a mild herniating in your back will these exercises help?
Although I try to stretch my lower half, I'm limited because I'm a BKA and have DJD/DDD with bilateral sciatica. I don't have a prosthetic but use an iWalk crutch which I'm grateful for, although it really causes a lot if pain...I know we aren't meant to walk on a knee, I don't have much choice. I'd greatly appreciate any recommendations for stretching in my case. If not, not worries but thank you!
My pain is in the upper back on one side below shoulder blade. I don’t recall a moment at the gym when it got injured, but it’s been about 10 days. Not really painful, but I notice something is wrong when tensing my back during exercise. Seems counter-intuitive to flex the muscle to strengthen it as you demonstrated.
I have disc bulge very mild arthritis in back and buttock pain and now knee pain started i am very depressed and confused which kind of exercise shoud i do plz reply and help me and make next video for four problems together and sorry for my week English grammer
For the first exercise, are we feeling the stretch in the front leg or the back leg, when we lean back? I feel it in all the wrong places 😅
Love and use your.videos to good affect. Thank you Part of my youtuber responsibility is stopping in on all my subscription channels, liking videos and commenting. Share that love. Thanks for the video. Nice work. 👍
Is this what explains my one sided butt check discomfort ? I asdume the back leg is where the discomfort or tight cheek muscle is ?
I feel pain when I do the figure 4 on my painful side. Should I still try this stretch?
Honey wake up new SpineCare exercises just dropped
@DrRowe
26 күн бұрын
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This is getting ridiculous how you know when to post the exact video im needing
@DrRowe
26 күн бұрын
Hope these exercises help!
Is riding my stationary bike ok for my hips and periformis?
Good advice. I tell my patients similar things too. Plan to. Do a video on it soon
Would you still suggest these exercises for seniors? I am 69.
I must not be doing and standing the first stretch correctly because when I did like you were showing, I didn't feel anything.
When i press my knee down in the figure 4 position something at the side or behind my knee caps locks so much so i have to straighten it rapidly as it is such a weird feeling. Makes me feel sick. Wonder what is happening?