Piriformis syndrome is a rare condition where the person presents the sciatic nerve passing through the fibers of the piriformis muscle that is located in the buttock.
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In these people the sciatic nerve becomes inflamed because it is pressed because the nerve is constantly pressed because of its anatomical location.
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When the person with pyriform syndrome has the inflamed sciatic nerve, it is common to have intense pain in the right leg, because this is usually the most affected side besides pain in the buttock.
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Signals and symptons
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The best way to know if a person has Piriformis syndrome is to do an examination such as MRI, CT or ultrasound, for example. However, the characteristics of sciatica in people with this syndrome are more characterized by:
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* Stabbing, stabbing, burning or tingling pain in the gluteus or behind the thigh;
* There may be pain in the lateral region of the leg and upper part of the foot;
* The pain worsens when sitting and crossing the leg;
* It is common for a person to be limping during a sciatic crisis;
* Symptoms such as weakness of the leg, and numbness in the buttock or leg may be present.
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The test to be performed places the person lying on their belly down with
knees bent and feet away to the side, pain may arise, indicating that the person is very likely to have pyriform syndrome.
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The lasegue test in some cases will be performed at the first evaluation if there are associated back pains.
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The sciatic pain in these people occurs due to the increase of the piriformis muscle due to the practice of exercises for buttocks, contracture of the gluteus, seated fall or traffic accident, for example, that causes a blow in the region of the buttocks generating a hematoma and that compresses the sciatic nerve.
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