Any y'all ever have piriformis syndrome?
I've had it off and on for about 30 years. The best way I can describe it is a feeling like there's a thin wire, like a high 'E' guitar string, vibrating from my butt/hip down, sometimes to my foot, usually on the left side. It wakes me, or keeps me from going to sleep. It doesn't hurt, it feels like the nerves in the affected area are vibrating. Drives me nuts whrn I lie down.
I used to think it was restless legs syndrome until a friend who's into Eastern healing told me about it. The piriformis is a small (about three inches) muscle rather deep in the gluteal muscles, against the sciatic nerve. That's where the sensation originates.
So far, the only thing I've found that'll relieve it is kratom. (If you have chronic pain or sone forms of depression, including PTSD, and aren't familiar with kratom, you might do well to learn about it from the American Kratom Association.) Not even accupuncture nor deep tissue massage have helped much, and pain medication, including muscle relaxers, does nothing.
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an obese patient (320 lbs) at work, (I was a licensed nurse) blew out my Left Piriformis.
Had to have it cut. after 18 months of unrelenting pain. Held the pain off with oxycodone
10mg pills. Sending healing thoughts...