for an ad-free Fetcheveryone experience!

piriformis sharp pain in foot too

4 watchers

cariad Apr 2014 4:02pm, 5 Apr 2014 132 posts	Quote Pin cariad Help! At the beginning of March I wasn't well after a fast half marathon. It was a flu type bug which lasted over two weeks, I then slowly went back to the gym, then slowly started running again. Then my butt started hurting, the more I ran the worse it got only a week afterwards which looks a lot like piriformis. Ive been for three sports massages, I've been sticking to a slow hour on the cross trainer as running is impossible and I hobble when I walk. Today my foot started having sharp pains in it on the cross trainer and it's even more painful. Any advice as I don't want to lose my fitness (I was running long distance for a while), I'm going to the doctors next week too
lazydaisy Apr 2014 4:10pm, 5 Apr 2014 7,396 posts	Quote Pin lazydaisy What did the physio say when you had the sports massages? Did they suggest any foam rollering, or sitting on a golf or tennis ball? I think if it's so painful I'd be giving the cross-trainer a rest for a while too. There's no point in making injuries worse in the hope of maintaining fitness and I have a feeling that's what the x-trainer might be doing (though, disclaimer: I know 0, it's just what I would be thinking.) Hopefully people who really do know something willl be along soon to help.
.B. Apr 2014 5:32pm, 5 Apr 2014 10,871 posts	Quote Pin .B. the sciatic nerve goes through the piriformis so it could be that the nerve is getting pinched .. probably worth seeing the physio to get a diagnosisi and as LD mentions getting some specific exercises to sort the problem out, good luck
SODIron © 2002 May 2014 8:09am, 12 May 2014 10,635 posts	Quote Pin SODIron © 2002 just bumping this one.... I suspect I've been struggling with PS for some time now...in last October's York Marathon I thought I was experiencing a hamstring strain, and this has been off and off since. What makes me suspect that I have PS is that the problem comes and goes, if it was a strain there would be persistent pain and/or tenderness. Also, when I drive for longer than an hour or so I get a lot of pain in the flute and hamstring. This all seems like typical PS to me. I guess I'm going to have to spend a fair amount of time with the foam roller and hard rubber ball...ouch
Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) May 2014 4:17pm, 12 May 2014 21,250 posts	Quote Pin Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) I am also suffering with hamstring/glute/piriformis issues, this looks an interesting article running.competitor.com