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Blog Category – Back Pain Sciatica

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Piriformis Syndrome – What Is It? Plus 3 Simple Piriformis Stretches

Jan 29, 2021

“Piriformis Syndrome” refers to irritation of your piriformis muscle, which is located deep in your buttocks, beneath larger muscles like your gluteus maximus.

I affectionately refer to this issue as a “pain in the butt”… and for good reason!

That’s because most people with an irritated piriformis muscle explain it as pain localized in one of their buttocks.

However, in addition to localized pain in the buttocks, people with piriformis syndrome can also experience “sciatica” or sciatic nerve pain, which causes pain shooting down the back of the leg.

Today’s blog post features 2 videos about piriformis syndrome…

In the first video, I’ll explain what the piriformis muscle is, how it gets irritated, and how it can cause sciatic nerve pain (aka “sciatica”).

Why FREE Exercises Don’t Work! (And why I still give them out anyways…)

Apr 8, 2020

A lot of people who come to Gordon PT for their physical therapy are looking for lasting, permanent pain relief…

Now, when it comes to lasting pain relief, especially for those people who’ve been dealing with pain for a long time, it’s very rare that any combination of “free exercises” will give them the type of relief they’re looking for…

If that’s the case, then why are so many “experts” offering up free advice and free exercises…?

In fact, I’m one of those “experts”! Why in the world am I offering people FREE exercises, when I know it won’t get them the results they’re looking for?

It almost seems mean, doesn’t it?

But wait! Don’t despair just yet! There’s a very good explanation for all this, I promise you!

In today’s video, I’ll explain 2 things to help you understand what I’m talking about…

“Why does my Pain Relief only last 3 days?”

Apr 3, 2020

A lot of people are frustrated by TEMPORARY pain relief, when what they’re really looking for is PERMANENT, lasting pain relief…

This was highlighted recently by a young woman I was working with, when she asked me this question: “Why does my pain relief only last 3 days?”

I of course had a very good clinical explanation for her, and it reminded me of 2 very important key points that you need to understand about pain relief, particularly if you’re looking for lasting pain relief.

I’ll explain these 2 key points in detail in the video, and I’ll summarize them in the text below…

Uncovering the TRUE Root Cause of Back Pain & Sciatica

Dec 13, 2019

If you’ve read some of my other blog posts about back pain and sciatica, you might already be familiar with what I call the “Top 3 Causes” of back pain and sciatica…

Today’s video is a bit different…

Sometimes, figuring out which of those 3 things is causing your issue isn’t enough information. That’s because you may have overlooked the “true root cause”.

Check out the video below to learn more about how to uncover the TRUE Root Cause of your back pain and sciatica.

Lessons from my Wife…About Back Pain & Life in General

Nov 27, 2019

Do you ever feel like a big part of life is learning the same lessons over and over again, until you reach a certain point and the lesson finally sticks? Recently, I had the chance to re-learn several things from my wife that I think you’ll find interesting…