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Old 02-14-18, 09:02 PM
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Originally Posted by JohnJ80
... piriformis syndrome.

...$40 iPad app that allows you to peel away the layers of muscle, tissue and nerves as you go down.

There are a lot of good piriformis stretches if you google them. Find the ones that work best for you.J.
I found this to be the source of my sciatica lighting up - of course, perhaps not the OPs situation. Once you "get" what the stretch is supposed to feel like, it is a piece of cake to revisit the stretching whenever the nerve trunk starts becoming irritible.

I also found that supine leg lifts with ankle weights to strengthen the psoas to be of help, but you always have to balance this with the piriformis stretches, otherwise you can strengthen yourself into piriformis issues!

J, which iOS app are you referring to?
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