http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/piriformis Questions tagged with 'piriformis' at Ask MetaFilter. Sat, 17 Feb 2007 06:55:08 -0800 Sat, 17 Feb 2007 06:55:08 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/57152/Pain%2Din%2Dthe%2DButt I have a pain in the butt. Help me fix it. A couple of months ago I strained my lower back on a bike ride. It happened when I got too hot in subzero weather and took off my top layer. Twang. It was sore and stiff but not incapacitating so I carried on riding for the next couple of days. However, on a long ride, again in cold weather, the pain migrated down to my left buttock. After that my whole left leg hurt every time I sat down -- so much so that I had to work standing up for a week. It eventually faded away and I went back to normal.<br> <br> Last week I strained my back on a hard mountain bike ride (again in cold weather) and it has again migrated down to my buttock and leg. This is really a new thing for me and I'm trying to figure out what's causing it and what I can do. I suspect it may be pressure on the Piriformis nerve or something similar.<br> <br> My buttock leg is not getting strained during the exercise: it's a pain which migrates from the site of the strain.<br> <br> (I'm asking this on Metafilter because I have had horrible experiences with PTs and docs trying to fix/figure out muscle pain -- they seem to have no clue whatsoever).<br> <br> I'm 42, 172lbs and 5'10. I'm fit but not very muscular. I recently lost about 15lbs.<br> <br> Any suggestions welcome. I realize that cold-weather cycling (and probably not warming up properly) is a contributory factor here... but I really LIKE cycling in freezing temps... and I just bought a singlespeed mtb so I'm likely to be exerting myself even more in the future. tag:ask.metafilter.com,2007:site.57152 Sat, 17 Feb 2007 06:55:08 -0800 backpain buttock cycling muscle piriformis strain winter sweet mister