Thoughts on “Piriformis Syndrome”?
I’ve seen a few people given this diagnosis but it seems a bit of a cop-out diagnosis. The idea that the piriformis impinges the sciatic nerve and simply needs stretching seems a bit suspect. My understanding of the effect of stretching is that structurally, not much changes. It’s mostly stretch tolerance that improves and it’s this that leads to an increase in the flexibility of a muscle. So I don’t understand why stretching the piriformis would miraculously stop the sciatic nerve from being compressed (if that’s really what’s going on here anyway)