Can Clinical Pilates Reduce Your Butt Pain? This is the fourth blog from our series about Deep Gluteal Syndrome, formerly called Piriformis Syndrome. This blog has Dr. Gord working with Physiotherapist and Clinical Pilates Specialist, Stephanie Henderson, using Pilates to rebuild his butt strength. If you missed it, go check out part one, where we…
Is Your Buttock Pain Due To An Over-Active Piriformis Muscle? This is our third blog of a series about Deep Gluteal Syndrome, formerly called Piriformis Syndrome. This blog will be exploring whether the Piriformis Muscle is causing Deep Gluteal Syndrome or if it is the victim. If you missed it, go check out part one, where we…
Maybe Your Butt Pain Is The SIJ? If you missed it, go check out this article where we described common causes of Deep Gluteal Syndrome (DGS). This is when the sciatic nerve is entrapped as it exits the pelvis and travels through the deep structures of the buttock in the back part of the hip.…
Not Just Another Pain in The Butt! First off, we don’t call it Piriformis Syndrome anymore. It is now called Deep Gluteal Syndrome (DGS) because there are more things than just the Piriformis muscle that can cause this pain and numbness you may be experiencing Deep Gluteal Syndrome describes pain or numbness in the buttock…
Stretches to relieve back pain.
In this blog post, Dr. Gord McMorland discusses the top two reasons why your hip stretches may not be working.