SI Joint Pain And Piriformis Syndrome
While low back and buttock pain are common ailments among Greenville, Spartanburg and Anderson area residents, there is frequently an incomplete evaluation for two of the most common causes, the sacroiliac joint (aka the SI joint) and piriformis syndrome. This is in part due to both the complex anatomy in the area and the large number of structures that can cause low back and leg pain.
Even when these studies are negative, both sacroiliac pathology and piriformis syndrome can be exceptionally painful and unremitting. One helpful way to differentiate between these two conditions is to look for pain that is: · worse on one side of the buttock, · worsened by sitting, · associated with leg pain that is more difficult to describe than the easily-defined electrical nerve pain that occurs with a disk or sciatica.