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Can a mild protrusion at L4-L5 cause pain in the buttock (piriformis syndrome) and nerve pain extending to the toes?

I’m going through a really bad flare-up; I took Pridinol, but it isn't relaxing the muscle. I feel tension extending all the way to my toes and along the side of my hip. I can't get into any position without pain.
What do you recommend?

Hey! I'm having another relapse, and I'd like to know what muscle relaxants helped you to keep your piriformis muscle relaxed. I'm taking Prinidol, but it's not enough.
I did some glute activation these days, and neural exercise to relax the nerve, but it got super irritated again. It’s burning till my toes and my calf feels contracted.

I've had pain for almost a year. It started with a sharp pain in my buttock that prevented me from walking, climbing stairs, or sleeping. I had two MRIs, which came back normal, and two orthopedic surgeons and one neurosurgeon referred me to a psychiatrist because they said it was psychological.
Three months ago, a sports physiotherapist saw that my nerve was very inflamed in the MRIs. Through some tests, he determined that I have piriformis syndrome.
The only thing that helped was exercising and stretching with a group of physiotherapists who guided and supported me. I recovered quite a bit in a month, until I took a bus for nine hours and everything got worse again. Since then, I haven't been able to fully recover, and the relapses are very difficult. I wonder if, during the recovery period, one has to endure the pain to overcome it or if rest is the only option.

I am 29 years old. I've always been very active—climbing mountains, traveling, physical activity, walking—and my life has completely changed, including my social life. Emotionally, I'm reaching the point of depression.
There are days when I can't even walk, sit, or put my leg on a pillow because it burns all the way down to my toes. And there are nights when it's just pure spasms. Diclofenac doesn't do anything for me; sometimes I take opioids to sleep.

I've discovered that this syndrome is very underestimated, even by professionals, and that frustrates me a lot.

I welcome any advice and tips that will help me get through this stage of my life, which seems like it will last forever and is becoming exhausting.

I've had pain for almost a year. It started with a sharp pain in my buttock that prevented me from walking, climbing stairs, or sleeping. I had two MRIs, which came back normal, and two orthopedic surgeons and one neurosurgeon referred me to a psychiatrist because they said it was psychological.
Three months ago, a sports physiotherapist saw that my nerve was very inflamed in the MRIs. Through some tests, he determined that I have piriformis syndrome.
The only thing that helped was exercising and stretching with a group of physiotherapists who guided and supported me. I recovered quite a bit in a month, until I took a bus for nine hours and everything got worse again. Since then, I haven't been able to fully recover, and the relapses are very difficult. I wonder if, during the recovery period, one has to endure the pain to overcome it or if rest is the only option.

I am 29 years old. I've always been very active—climbing mountains, traveling, physical activity, walking—and my life has completely changed, including my social life. Emotionally, I'm reaching the point of depression.
There are days when I can't even walk, sit, or put my leg on a pillow because it burns all the way down to my toes. And there are nights when it's just pure spasms. Diclofenac doesn't do anything for me; sometimes I take opioids to sleep.

I've discovered that this syndrome is very underestimated, even by professionals, and that frustrates me a lot.

I welcome any advice and tips that will help me get through this stage of my life, which seems like it will last forever and is becoming exhausting.
Also, if someone from south America can tell me how the therapy of adhesion is called here I would appreciate it!

Necesito hablar con alguien que haya tenido o tenga diagnosticado síndrome del piramidal!
Quisiera saber cómo recuperar!

Hace casi un año estoy con dolor en la pierna derecha. Mucho ardor hasta los dedos del pie y rigidez. No tengo hernias y me diagnosticaron síndrome del piramidal.
Me dijeron los fisio que tengo que fortalecer glúteos, pero el problema está en que cada vez que quiero retomar el gym o pilates, el dolor me tira a la cama sin poder hacer nada.
Y cuando tengo dolor, estirar a veces es peor.
Quisiera saber tu experiencia con esto y si tenes algún consejo sobre cómo acompañar la recuperación…
Anímicamente me está destruyendo