As Easy As Sitting: Another Powerful Piriformis Pain Stretch

Another Powerful Piriformis Pain/Sciatica Stretch

A few days ago I shared a short but powerful video demonstrating a simple piriformis stretch that has been a god-send for many a piriformis pain sufferer. Of course, it is fantastic for practically all sciatic pain sufferers too. Thousands have found rapid relief from doing this stretch regularly. You can watch it over at One Of The Best Piriformis Stretches Ever For Relieving Piriformis Pain


Now continuing in this series of piriformis stretches, I present to you another video of a piriformis stretch/sciatica stretch that is even easier to do than the last one. You can just take a few minutes literally anywhere, while seated to boot, and do this simple stretch and ease your piriformis pain... (This type of sciatic pain is caused by piriformis muscle syndrome - You can learn how to identify if you have this syndrome, how it "works" and how to cure the piriformis pain here.) If you're hurting anywhere in the thighs, buttocks, hips, and/or back try this out for a few days and feel some of that persistent pain fade away. Especially if it's piriformis pain, which is the focus of this website.


Now watch below as Jesse Cannone, CFT, CPRS, MFT, Co-Founder of The Healthy Back Institute demonstrates for us...





You can receive a free copy of the Sciatica Relief Guide Jesse talked about when you click right here.


That was the easiest piriformis pain/sciatica pain stretch you've ever seen wasn't it? It CAN literally be done anywhere too - most of us are sitting most of the day and night anyway, and this stretch only takes about a minute to do. It's fitting too, since sitting around too long on a daily basis is a major contributing factor to developing piriformis pain. Now we can ease the pain while sitting!


Remember to do this stretch regularly and with focus to get the full benefit of it.


Again, for far more accurate information about sciatica pain and back pain and how to stop the pain, claim your "Sciatica Advisory" for free that shows how you can potentially eliminate your sciatica in as little as 2 days...

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The 3 Core Steps To Treatments For Sciatica Back Pain That Work

The 3 Core Steps Of Treatments For Sciatica Back Pain That Work


In order to get long-term sciatica back pain relief, especially when its in the form of piriformis pain, you have to start with the root cause - muscle imbalances. This means you have to find the muscle imbalances that you have and then work towards correcting and improving them. You can find a clear explanation of what muscle imbalances here in Muscle Imbalance - The Secret Source Of Piriformis Pain and Sciatica Back Pain.


Don't be put off by the technical terminology; it’s not difficult to understand the foundations of the pain you’re going through. And even more importantly it’s not difficult to treat and even cure sciatica back pain. All you need is the right information (from those who know what they’re talking about) and the right methods.

So how do you do find out which muscle imbalances you have and how to work on them to eliminate your pain? There's a simple 3 step approach to doing this that has worked with every type of sciatica back pain for hundred of thousands of real people just like you. From piriformis pain to herniated disk pain, this is how to go about healing the body...


Here Are The 3 Steps To Eliminate Your Sciatica Back Pain...



Step 1: Pinpoint the Cause
You do this by finding out which condition you actually have. For example, is it piriformis pain? That means you have piriformis muscle syndrome. And you don’t even need to pay anyone to determine this - there are special "self assessments" you can learn to do yourself that will identify what’s wrong in the body causing the pain in the back-pelvis-leg region. (By the way, piriformis pain is the most common form of sciatic pain.) Then you can find out the muscle imbalances that created it and attack them directly. The simple self assessment tests for sciatica back pain I mentioned before will show you how to do this. More on that later.


Step 2: Treat the Symptoms
So you’ve done that and found out what’s painfully dysfunctional in your body. Great; there’s only one problem – you’re in so much pain you can hardly move! How are you going to implement the treatments that may potentially cure the sciatica or back pain if you're pratically crippled with agony? Obviously you have to reduce the pain way down so you can do what you have to do in the 3rd step. There are techniques that help tremendously with this kind of pain, particularly some simple but precise stretches appropriate for sciatica back pain. You can watch a video of one such stretch in my earlier post, One Of The Best Piriformis Stretches Ever For Relieving Piriformis Pain.


Step 3: Treat the Cause and Condition
First remember - pain is an illusion… :-) Just seeing if you were still paying attention. What pain really is basically is a warning signal from your body telling you that you have a problem to fix.


Now that you know what your condition is and are no longer too handicapped with pain to deal with it thanks to Steps 1 and 2, you focus now on the conditions and specific muscle imbalances causing the suffering. As you will have now realized the treatment for sciatica that's appropriate differs depending on the form of sciatica back pain we’re dealing with. Therefore you apply the appropriate treatment methods proven to take care of that problem from years of real-world chronic pain treatment by experts who have dedicated their careers to achieving pain relief for their patients.


And did I mention YOU can do all of that on your own from home?


Unfortunately this straightforward 3 step approach is not the normal course of action in typical medical treatment out there. You may have experienced this personally - and are still in pain. You MUST addresses the underlying cause of the problem the correct way, not just the symptoms - and NOT with generic exercises that may or may not be right for your specific case of sciatica back pain…


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Stay healthy my friends,
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The 11 Commandments Of Piriformis Pain

The 11 Commandments Of  Piriformis Pain


Yesterday in my article, Muscle Imbalance - The Secret Source Of Piriformis Pain and Sciatica Back Pain I went into some depth about piriformis muscle syndrome and the most common major cause of piriformis pain - and indeed of most cases of sciatica back pain - muscle imbalances. I encourage you to read it after you've gone over the "commandments" in this article.


That discussion was a little bit technical so as to show the underlying scenarios that lead to piriformis pain. Today I want to simplify things a bit, and be a little tongue-in-cheek too, by giving you, dear reader, the "11  Commandments Of  Piriformis Pain". These are the behavior and lifestyle choices anyone suffering from piriformis pain must strongly consider doing to reduce, relieve, and prevent piriformis pain. As a bonus these tips will help with any other type of sciatica back pain as well. Everything's related. 


Don't be surprised if your piriformis pain sticks around no matter what else you do if you don't try out the advice below. So without further ado, here are The 11 Commandments Of Piriformis Pain:


1. Thou Shalt Sit Straight
One of the worst things you can do to yourself is something you possibly do all day long: Sit down. Because most people slump over into a "C"-shape when they sit and over-stress their spine. This posture normally doesn't hurt you *now*, but it's a documented fact that poor posture = Pain down the road. After years of sitting badly like this, "down the road" has come for many of us...


For more information on dealing with this, click here


2. Thou Shalt Exercise Properly
We all need to develop a balanced and stable body and it's even more urgent if you're already suffering from piriformis pain. The problem is so many of the most popular exercises out there make piriformis muscle syndrome even worse by strengthening the wrong muscle groups further, or by neglecting flexibility. The muscle imbalances that lead to the pain in the first place get reinforced and piriformis pain flares up stronger.


For more information on pain-causing muscle imbalances and how to deal with them, click here


3. Thou Shalt Drink Plenty of Water
Water is so important to humans it goes without saying. One of the most basic yet common causes of pain is dehydration. Not having enough fluid in the body to keep the body cool, the blood moving, the muscles supple, the tendons relaxed and the discs well hydrated causes pain. Drink more water - and coffee, soda and tea aren't water! They dehydrate you by themselves.


For more information on this issue, click here


4. Thou Shalt Not Tolerate Chronic Inflammation
Inflammation is a primary immune system response to an irritant. The swelling is your body's way of supplying the problem area with antibodies, fresh blood, cells, etc to begin the healing process. And it works pretty flawlessly until age 25 or so, when levels of the healing enzymes critical to controlling this process begin to decline and so inflammation starts running unchecked.


For more on how to stop excessive inflammation cold without poisoning yourself and get the enzymes you need back, click here


5. Thou Shalt Get Better Sleep
We spend about a third of our life asleep. And it's time well-spent. Sleep allows the body to heal. It's really the only time your muscles properly relax and recover. All the hormones important for healing and recovery such as human growth hormone are produced at highest levels when we sleep. A consistent lack of quality sleep means your muscles, including the piriformis muscles, don't get enough time to recuperate from the day's stress or repair any injury or imbalance. Definitely bad news for any hopes of piriformis pain relief.


To learn more on getting a good night's sleep, click here


6. Thou Shalt Change The Food Ye Eat-eth
The amount of bad inflammation inside you changes based on activity level, the amount and quality of sleep you get, your stress levels, and especially the foods you eat.  Certain foods help reduce inflammation; other foods practically light you up with inflammation. The longer your diet is dominated by inflammatory foods, the higher the risk for painful conditions. The food you eat and your piriformis muscle syndrome are linked - it is chronic inflammation of the sciatic nerve in the area where the piriformis interferes with it that creates the pain. The worse your diet the easier it is for this inflammation to happen and for the "fire" to keep going.


To discover some powerful inflammation-fighting foods, click here


7. Thou Shalt Not Wear Heel Lifts
Leg-length discrepancies are often caused by our habitual posture; how we stand. Women who always carry babies on one hip, for example, can create discrepancies. Our pelvic muscles are conditioned by our constant habit patterns of posture and movement. The muscle interactions involved are very specific to each condition and each individual. If you don't know exactly what YOUR physical problem is - whether it's actually piriformis muscle syndrome or a herniated disc instead for example - you just can't know exactly what to do to correct it. Heel lifts can help but do not treat the underlying problem.


For more explanation on a better alternative to lifts, click here


8. Thou Shalt Relax Thy Mind Regularly
If you have used mainstream medicine, physical therapy, massage, chiropractic, acupuncture, surgery... and are still in pain... consider the possibility that the mind via negative emotions and thoughts and mental stress may be playing a powerful role in making your condition resist treatment...


For some great tips on this, scroll down and check out the articles in the "Mind-Body" category when you click here


9. Thou Shalt Seek The CAUSE Of Your Pain, Not Get Stuck On A Diagnosis
Once you have a diagnosis don't believe you necessarily have to cure your labeled condition directly to be pain free. Studies prove you can have a diagnosis and not have pain. You see, there's a "hidden cause" to the pain and it's something very few healthcare professionals know about. Piriformis muscle syndrome is a condition name for the symptoms experienced - the real question is what's causing it?


For more on this topic, click here


10. Thou Shalt Get Educated
Never stop educating yourself about how to achieve peak pain free health and wellness. You may have come to realize that the name of what you have is "piriformis pain" due to "piriformis muscle syndrome" and that is useful. But the best road to recovery is educating yourself about the whole range of sciatica back pain that exists and acting from that knowledge.


For more education on pain relief in every area, click here


11. Thou Shalt Get Guidance From Experts With A Track Record Of Success
This is ultimately the most important "commandment" of all. After all, odds are piriformis pain relief isn't exactly the area of expertise any of us here studied in school or have worked in. Popping some liver-rotting painkillers is about all most of us are ever taught to use. Not knowing how to deal with piriformis pain is normal as it is not a simple issue. Learning from someone who's made helping people with all types of piriformis pain, sciatica, back pain, leg pain and more his life's work only makes sense...


For more information *that works* from someone who has actually helped thousands of people eliminate piriformis pain, click here


I hope you'll do your best to "obey" these "commandments" or show a loved one who is suffering this article. Following the guidelines above will lead you to the specific combination of actions and changes that will free you of the piriformis pain or sciatica you endure, I have no doubt. Get educated and find what works, if you'll work it.


Stay healthy my friends,
Jevaughn Brown

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Muscle Imbalance - The Secret Source Of Piriformis Pain and Sciatica Back Pain

Muscle Imbalance - The Secret Source Of Piriformis Pain and Sciatica Back Pain

I have a question for you… Did any of the healthcare providers you went to in the past or are visiting now to help you deal with your piriformis pain check you for muscle imbalances? …My crystal ball here is telling me the answer is “No. What’s a muscle imbalance anyway? Nobody ever mentioned anything like that.” And therein lies both the problem and the solution you’re looking for. Let us look a little deeper into this condition…

As I discussed in my article Piriformis Pain and Piriformis Muscle Syndrome: Get The Facts Behind the Suffering, Piriformis Muscle Syndrome occurs when the piriformis muscle is displaced from its proper position such that it starts exerting excessive pressure on the sciatic nerve. The Sciatic Nerve is the largest nerve in the body and it is made up of nerves branching out from several vertebrae of the spine bundled together, and then descends down the back of the thigh.   This happens various ways, commonly through the muscle being overstressed and becoming inflamed and this inflammation state causes the pressure. The muscle might even be physically shifted into a unhealthy position as well for one reason or the other. The piriformis muscle is responsible for moving your leg so your feet point outward, i.e. rotating your thigh at the hip, so it is near the sciatic nerve. The pressure involved in piriformis muscle syndrome irritates the nerve and leads to inflammation in the area, giving rise to piriformis pain.

Obviously the piriformis muscle is not normally in a state where it inflames the sciatic nerve. So the real question we should be asking is, how did this situation come about? What created your piriformis muscle syndrome? This is where muscle imbalances come into the picture…

What In The World IS a Muscle Imbalance?
A muscle imbalance is when one muscle overpowers the opposing muscle or when there is a difference in flexibility of opposing muscles; or a combination of both strength and flexibility differences.

When your muscles are out of balance with each other they pull your bones and joints out of their correct position and this puts your other muscles, bones and joints under constant stress and uneven pressure... The body works as a whole thus muscle imbalances in one area can start a chain of reactions that disturbs the tissues in that body area - or even in another area seemingly nowhere near the actual muscle imbalance.

For example, the proper position of your hips and curvature of your spine are determined by numerous muscles and whether they are balanced with each other or not... There are over 640 muscles in the human body and everything we do affects them, from sitting too much to playing our favorite sports.  The lower body is particularly susceptible.

Almost All Cases Of Sciatica Back Pain Have Muscle Imbalances As The Main Cause Of The Pressure Being Placed On The Sciatic Nerve 
Specifically, piriformis pain is the most common manifestation of this distortion in the natural structural alignment of the body in the region of the sciatic nerve. Muscle Imbalance develop either through a traumatic event, or through a long process of lifestyle choices (habits of movement or inactivity), or a combination of both. For many people it's a gradual development of the muscle imbalance in your hip due to your everyday activities and the rise of the awful symptoms as a result. Over time that muscle gets tight from the positions you put yourself in plus it weakens from lack of use.

Let me give you some examples of what I mean:
1. If you sit on the edge of your chair with your legs apart and your feet pointing outward then you're keeping your piriformis muscle in a shortened position - This makes it tighten up gradually and if you do that all the time then it also weakens from lack of use. Voila: muscle imbalance!

2. On the other side of the spectrum, runners and bikers aren't sedentary but they often fail to maintain a strength vs. stretch balance in their workouts. This causes muscle imbalance because their piriformis muscle shortens and gets tight as it becomes stronger from the exercise, overpowering other muscles in the hip region. This leads - you guessed it - to an irritated sciatic nerve creating piriformis pain.

Many of us are sedentary or tend to be if we don't watch ourselves, Many of us are/have become exercise fanatics - and many of us are somewhere in between at any given time. Whether you're a runner or a keyboard athlete :-)  or neither, I'll bet you have muscle imbalances that are causing your piriformis pain too.

So... How DO You Get Rid Of Your Piriformis Pain? 
Since muscle imbalances are usually the culprit start by working on correcting any muscle imbalance you have, and you should start feeling pain relief immediately.... You can start with regular practice of a simple focused piriformis stretch for a few weeks such as the one you can watch and follow along with in my article, One Of The Best Piriformis Stretches Ever For Relieving Piriformis Pain.

Will learning one new stretch be enough? It very well may be. However depending on how severe your condition you may need to do more. For example don't sit in the way described above; do exercises/sports  like tennis, rollerblading, basketball, etc that involve a wide range of motion in your hips. More directly, corrective exercises tailored to your specific situation to correct your muscle imbalances are likely necessary.

Learn as much as you can about your condition, so that you can ask the tough questions to your healthcare providers and get the best care possible.... But realize that your well-meaning local pain specialist may not have gotten any education on sciatica or sub-forms of it like piriformis muscle syndrome. This is one of those cases that emphasizes the fact that your own health is always ultimately in your own hands.

And in that spirit of knowing the facts and helping your own self, I sincerely suggest and recommend you get a copy of the Free book, The 7-Day Back Pain Cure: How Thousands of People Got Relief Without Doctors, Drugs or Surgery written by Jesse Cannone CPT, CPRS. He's been a featured guest on NBC and co-founded The Healthy Back Institute. In it he covers everything from all the true causes of sciatica back pain, to how to do accurate self-diagnosis, to a whole range of easy-to-do treatment methods that you tailor to your personal needs. The "secrets", the expert knowledge in this book has allowed literally tens of thousands of people over the years to cure themselves of every back pain and sciatica condition especially piriformis pain. And did I mention it's for FREE? 

You can request your free copy right here.

Stay healthy my friends,
Jevaughn Brown

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One Of The Best Piriformis Stretches Ever For Relieving Piriformis Pain

One Of The Best Piriformis Stretches Ever For Relieving Piriformis Pain

Looking for an easy piriformis stretch that will knock-out your pain within a few days and starts helping instantly? If you do endure persistent piriformis pain, then of course you are! Yesterday in Piriformis Pain and Piriformis Muscle Syndrome: Get The Facts Behind the Suffering I started off with a quick explanation of the origin of piriformis muscle syndrome. Today I want to cut right to the chase and show you a “quick fix” exercise that’s a real fix for piriformis pain, known to have worked wonders for many thousands of people all over the world.

This piriformis stretch, done daily, will get the pain under control and stop the muscle spasms that magnify the hurt. As you know, piriformis pain comes under the broad heading of sciatica and is the most common form of sciatica back pain. The video you’re about to watch shows one of the best piriformis stretches/sciatica stretches out there and it works for other forms of sciatica as well. It is demonstrated by world-renowned sciatica back pain expert and co-founder of The Healthy Back Institute, Jesse Cannone. Check it out:

As you just saw, you can easily do these piriformis stretches anywhere you can comfortably lie down. Ideally use a supportive mat or do them on a carpet for comfort. Fit the stretches into your day at home, at the gym - heck, somewhere in the office if you can get away with it. :-) Even if you’re traveling there’s enough space in any hotel room to do this stretch. Start slow, maintain good form, and above all listen to your body – it will tell you what pace to go at.

Of course, a piriformis stretch like this treats the symptoms (pain and inflexibility), not the cause(s) directly. It helps greatly so we’re not in debilitating pain anymore and can go about our day normally. But to stop the pain from coming back; to heal piriformis muscle syndrome, requires more. That’s why the name of this site is “Your Source for Back Pain Relief & Sciatica Relief Techniques That WORK”. We need MORE than just 1 quick stretch to get rid of the cause of piriformis pain, regardless of how well that stretch might work. Do you want MORE? Do you need to finally get lasting piriformis pain relief? Do you want proven, documented treatments for sciatica? Then I recommend you go get a F-r-e-e Copy of the new book The 7-Day Back Pain Cure by the same expert you just watched.

I've been going through it and sharing it with family members too. I'm convinced it really is the piriformis pain, sciatic pain, and back pain relief solution millions are searching for. And when you find something good, I feel you have a responsibility to tell people about it and point them to the help they need. This free book reveals  easy straightforward ways to wipe out piriformis pain from the comfort of your own home. No one else you have to pay required. 

I suggest you claim a copy for yourself now while you still can; no telling when Mr. Cannone will come to his senses and stop giving away his best work for FREE. Just pay the small shipping and handling fee for it to get to your door – and even that all goes to charity! 

Click here to get your free ticket out of a world of pain.

Stay healthy my friends,
Jevaughn Brown
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Piriformis Pain and Piriformis Muscle Syndrome: Get The Facts Behind the Suffering

Piriformis Pain and Piriformis Muscle Syndrome: Get The Facts Behind the Suffering

If you're reading this, then it's a safe bet that you have a radiating pain running down the back of your thigh from as high as your buttocks that just won't go away. If that sounds like You, don't worry, help is on the way…

Quite likely you’ve been doing your research and have been to a doctor or specialist and have already tried various traditional treatment methods for bringing an end to your piriformis pain… But while you’ve been working on your *lower* body, its probably felt more like you’ve been banging your HEAD against the wall instead – with no pain relief in sight. Unfortunately the medical community is often so conditioned and focused on treating only the symptoms that they fail to address the cause of the problem. And so their symptom-focused treatments for sciatica of this type usually fail to provide lasting pain relief.

In order to get rid of your piriformis pain once and for all, you must first know what is causing it... And when it comes to piriformis pain, we're dealing with something the doctors like to call “piriformis muscle syndrome”. This is the most common cause of sciatic pain and happens when the piriformis muscle puts pressure on the sciatic nerve, irritating it. So just to be clear; the piriformis pain is not in the muscle itself but stems from the sciatic nerve that’s inflamed because of the muscle's position. How though does this awful situation develop in your body?

Muscles work in pairs that move opposite to each other. For example, we all like to pay attention to the biceps, but notice at the back of your upper arms you have the triceps that works every time we straighten our arms. They’re a pair, but like in a game of tug-of-war, if things aren’t balanced on one side it goes badly for someone involved. :-) This happens when there’s a big difference in the strength or flexibility or both of opposing muscles. Because of many factors I will be discussing in later articles, these muscle imbalances are very common in people today.

Certain muscle imbalances in the lower body pull the hip joints and pelvis out of place which then changes the position of the piriformis muscle in relation to the sciatic nerve, so that the muscle is basically squeezing the nerve. The area gets inflamed and voila – you’re caught in this trap of persistent piriformis pain and spasms.

And that’s all there is to it… Well, not quite. There are several nuances and details to successfully understanding and dealing with piriformis muscle syndrome that I will be go through in the days ahead.

One of the best resources I have found explaining the truth behind piriformis pain, sciatic pain, and back pain and HOW to truly eliminate them is the book The 7-Day Back Pain Cure. It is the new book by Jesse Cannone, C.P.T., C.P.R.S. and co-founder of The Healthy Back Institute. He’s helped over 165,000 people in 85 countries get lasting pain relief and in his desire to help as many as possible he’s giving away the book for FREE! It’s a real, to-the-point, easy-to-read book, not some flimsy e-book "report".

If you’re truly fed up with piriformis pain and want simple answers that work, get your own copy at no charge when you click here.

Stay pain-free and healthy,
Jevaughn Brown
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