Many people who have been told they have "Piriformis Syndrome" stretch their piriformis muscle... because it feels tight and "hurts so good" yikes! But here are 3 reasons I am "ANTISTRETCH" when it comes to treating piriformis pain (deep pain in the glute/ buttock) & sciatic nerve pain (sciatica).

More often than not... the piriformis muscle is not actually tight and does not truly need stretching the stretching exercises actually may be making things worse!

But how?

Why is everyone telling you to stretch everywhere you look it's "stretch, stretch, stretch"??

Not sure. It's outdated and just doesn't make sense!

Here are three (3) reasons why I am going against the grain as "AntiStretch" and do NOT recommend stretching exercises to solve it:
00:00 Intro
00:52 Reason 1 Poking the angry bear
02:55 Reason 2 Reduces blood supply
04:37 Reason 3 "True/Actual" vs "Perceived" tightness
08:47 AntiStretching Stance Analogy

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