Piriformis Syndrome: Why Your “Sciatica” Might Not Be Coming From Your Spine

Understanding Piriformis Syndrome

Here’s a scenario that plays out in chiropractic offices all the time. Patient comes in with pain deep in the buttock that shoots down the back of the leg. They’ve already been told they have sciatica. Maybe they’ve had an MRI. Maybe it showed a small disc bulge. They’ve been stretching their hamstrings for three months and nothing has changed. The problem isn’t always the disc. Sometimes it’s a muscle the size of your thumb sitting deep in your hip that nobody has bothered to look at. That…