Fascia or Piriformis?

[sanpit47]

I’ve had terrible pain in my left leg from my buttock to my foot since August 2019, I’ve been told it’s not Sciatica, I’ve checked on line and symptoms seem similar to Piriformis, but I have this feeling in my thigh muscle as though it’s sticky, I’ve looked this up and it seems it could be fascia, anyone have similar symptoms, I would be interested to here from you and what course of treatment helped

[LeighBlyth]

The body is interconnected from head to fingers to toes, so pain somewhere will lead to pain other areas - so it's possible that pain comes from the piriformis muscle and the thigh muscles/fascia/connective tissue in the legs too.

Focusing on the right muscles is how I helped myself through the pain.

It should be possible to move each leg through a range of movement, in a smooth and controlled manner, without effort or strain.

Front, back, side to side, in big circles, little circles - everywhere - with the rest of the body remaining still. This is possible when the gluteus maximus and rectus femoris muscles of each leg work together, images of the muscles here:

healthunlocked.com/fibromya...

GLUTEUS MAXIMUS:

The superficial muscle layer of the buttocks.

"Buns of steel"

Hands on buttocks. Feel for these muscles contract and tighten.

RECTUS FEMORIS:

Should be a strong pole down the front of each thigh, aligning the hip and knee joints.

Upper attachment:

Put your fingers on the ridge of bone at the front of your pelvis/hip bone. Feel down the ridge. The rectus femoris attaches here.

Bottom attachment:

Find the bony bump near the top of the front of your tibia (shin bone), then feel slightly above for the patellar ligament - a band of strong connective tissue leading to the kneecap. (bend and straighten your knee as you feel).   As you contract your rectus femoris you should feel movement, your kneecap 'lifting'.

Focus on the rectus femoris muscles engaging along their full length - a solid and strong pole down the front of the thigh.

I describe it as pulling my kneecaps up, and downward from hips. Feeling like I am walking on stilts.

Movement should start from your Base-Line muscles - pelvic floor Base, rectus abdominis Line so think about these muscles too:

healthunlocked.com/chronic-....

[sanpit47 in reply to LeighBlyth]

Many thanks for your reply a lot to take in I’m afraid, I’m in a lot of pain so my concentration is not good but I’ll read in small amounts. I’ve not been diagnosed with either of these conditions but symptoms seem very similar

Kind regards Sandra

[LeighBlyth in reply to sanpit47]

A lot of words - but the pictures are the important bits and then finding the muscles on your own body. (I've edited the first link to take you straight to the image of the leg muscles rather than half way down the page.) Keep looking, keep thinking and keep these muscles in mind as you move.

It takes time to learn to use your body correctly - but little by little progress can be made to release 'sticky' tissues and allow painful muscles to relax and recover.

If you have any questions I'm more than happy to try to answer.

Best wishes Leigh

[sanpit47]

Thank you for your reply, I’ve not been diagnosed so not sure if I have this, but symptoms I feel that I could have Fascia. I’m English but live in Spain, I’ll check out to see if there any practitioners at all here?

Thank you again

[sanpit47]

So grateful for your help, I’ll see if my local physio can help or advise and I’ll check out this Dr Jo🌈

[Pinky2233]

[phone]

Agupunt.com

This is a dry needling company in Barcelona.

Dry needling is specially used to treat myofascial pain.

Might only take one or two sessions to be pain free.

The maker of the needles might know how you can find a good practitioner there. If not ask them what the organization is for dry needling practitioners.

If is typically the right tool for the job

[sanpit47]

Thank you for your reply, I’ll have to read up on this as I’ve never heard of it

Thank you again