The American actress recently said that she had a throbbing pain in terms of her leg before receiving a diagnosis of piriform muscle syndrome.
- Andie MacDowell, 66 -year -old American actress, suffers from the piriform muscle syndrome.
- It is a compression of the sciatic nerve by the piriform muscle, causing pain in the buttocks and sometimes sciatica.
- Its management is based on rest and rehabilitation, that is to say specific stretching exercises of the posterior hip and piriform.
Guest in the show The Drew Barrymore Show To promote her latest film “The Way Home”, Andie MacDowell gave himself up on her state of health. “I have the syndrome of the piriform muscle. (…) I was doing an apartment bike like crazy. Little by little, I realized that it was not adapted to my body. Indeed, the exercise caused symptoms that have given me the impression of literally collapsing.,, Admitted the actress 66 years old, January 23.
What is piriform muscle syndrome?
The piriform muscle extends from the pelvic surface of the large triangular bone at the base of the column (sacrum or coccyx) to the trochanter at the upper end of the femur. When you run or sit, this muscle can press the sciatic nerve on the side where it emerges under the piriform to pass on the rotator muscles of the hip. In case of piriform muscle syndrome, the sciatic nerve is regularly compressed by the muscle. This causes “Chronic tenacious pain, tingling or numbness start at the buttocks and can go down and reach the whole back of the thigh and calf, and sometimes the foot”, noted The MSD manual. The latter, which can occur on one side of the body or both, worsens in certain situations where the piriform muscle is crushed against the sciatic nerve, for example by sitting on the toilet, in a car or a saddle of narrow bike or when you run. This disorder can sometimes cause sciatica.
Piriform muscle syndrome: “I thought I was going to have a hip prosthesis”
After receiving the diagnosis, which is made following a clinical examination, the American sixties, was worried. “I thought I was going to have a hip prosthesis. But thank God, my hips are fine. Although my knees have aged, they are also in good condition.”
The treatment of piriform muscle syndrome is based on rest. Thus, the patient must temporarily stop doing any activity causing pain. Rehabilitation, which goes through specific stretching exercises of the posterior hip and piriform, is essential. “Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) or other analgesics can be used to relieve pain. Doctors sometimes inject a corticosteroid near the site where piriform muscle crosses the sciatic nerve to temporarily relieve pain. Surgery is surgery is surgery is surgery is surgery is surgery is surgery is surgery rarely necessary “, Can we read on the site of the MSD manual.
For Andie MacDowell, the solution to no longer have a hard time lies in stretching exercises. “I have to work on my glutes and my hips. I do it every day. And I have no more pain. It is a miracle. (…) I think that aging, you have to build muscle in lifting weights. “”
