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Suggest Treatment For Pain In The Buttock
Posted on
Thu, 24 Aug 2017
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Thu, 24 Aug 2017
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Question : i have pain in my right side buttock when sitting. At times The pain radiates down the back of my thigh. When sitting on a hard surface, even with a cushion it is still painful. The pain starts to go away when I stand up.
Brief Answer:
Possible sciatica
Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome,
I can't say for sure without examining you, but this might be a spasm or inflammation of the psoas muscle (psoas syndrome) which may be irritating the sciatic nerve.
Physical therapy exercises can help this, as can NSAIDS such as ibuprofen, if you tolerate that and have no contraindications for taking it. If you take ibuprofen (you can take it up to 3x/day), be sure to have it after you have some food in your stomach.
I recommend you go in to see a doctor in person to confirm that this is psoas syndrome/sciatica rather than a strain of another muscle. Alternatively, if you can self-refer to physical therapy, you can kill 2 birds with one stone by having this evaluated in person, and getting the prescribed exercises at the same time.
There are exercises you can find for this on youtube, but it would be best to know definitively what you are dealing with first. If that is not possible, you can find exercises online that you can try if you put in the words psoas syndrome or sciatica.
I hope this information helps. Please let me know if I can provide further information.
Possible sciatica
Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome,
I can't say for sure without examining you, but this might be a spasm or inflammation of the psoas muscle (psoas syndrome) which may be irritating the sciatic nerve.
Physical therapy exercises can help this, as can NSAIDS such as ibuprofen, if you tolerate that and have no contraindications for taking it. If you take ibuprofen (you can take it up to 3x/day), be sure to have it after you have some food in your stomach.
I recommend you go in to see a doctor in person to confirm that this is psoas syndrome/sciatica rather than a strain of another muscle. Alternatively, if you can self-refer to physical therapy, you can kill 2 birds with one stone by having this evaluated in person, and getting the prescribed exercises at the same time.
There are exercises you can find for this on youtube, but it would be best to know definitively what you are dealing with first. If that is not possible, you can find exercises online that you can try if you put in the words psoas syndrome or sciatica.
I hope this information helps. Please let me know if I can provide further information.
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Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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