A strong and flexible piriformis muscle can help prevent falls and injuries. Your sciatic nerve travels from your spinal cord and under or through your piriformis muscle, down the back of each leg ...

And this means that tension, overuse or inflammation of the piriformis muscle can lead to it pressing down on the nerve. Failing to look after your piriformis muscle can lead to a condition known ...

Andie MacDowell recently revealed being diagnosed with piriformis syndrome, a painful muscle condition that compresses the sciatic nerve. While appearing on The Drew Barrymore Show on Jan.

The pain typically occurs when the body’s piriformis muscle presses on the sciatic nerve which results in inflammation. The piriformis is a muscle that runs down from the lower spine to the butt ...

which affects the piriformis muscle and can also compress the sciatic nerve, leading to pain in the buttocks and leg. The Maid actress shared with host Drew Barrymore that she experienced pain ...

She went on to open up about having piriformis syndrome, which she described as a symptom in which "a muscle kind of clamps down on my sciatic nerve and it was shooting down my leg." "I thought I ...

piriformis syndrome "develops due to irritation or compression of the sciatic nerve near the piriformis muscle." The condition is more common in women. Previously, MacDowell said she was doing ...

23, the Four Weddings and a Funeral star, 66, revealed she'd been diagnosed with piriformis syndrome. "I have piriformis syndrome, so it's a muscle that kind of clamps down on my sciatic nerve, and it ...