Why I Tried Chiropractors for my Piriformis Pain

So back in 2003, I had a coworker that rode in a charity bike ride event called the MS150 from Houston to Austin. Although that year I found out too late to begin training, I told him I would do it in 2004.

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Vioxx for Piriformis Pain?

Vioxx – a COX-2 selective nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID).  Vioxx
is also related to the nonselective NSAIDs , such as ibuprofen and naproxen. Vioxx is a prescription medicine
used to relieve signs and symptoms of arthritis, acute pain in adults, and painful menstrual cycles.

Once I found a doctor that could correctly diagnose that pain in my butt and leg (i.e. “you have piriformis syndrome”), he promptly suggested two things I could do:

  • Physical Therapy – I’ve already done that and it didn’t work. Plus, I was traveling a lot for work so I couldn’t stick with it. In retrospect I wish I would have tried the physical therapist he recommended.
  • Painkillers, in this case Vioxx – ooooh, so you want to quickly relieve my pain without me having to work for it? Where do I sign up?

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Why Generic Physical Therapy Doesn’t Work for Piriformis Syndrome?

“Physical therapy is more a pain in the butt than piriformis syndrome.” Author Unknown

Okay, so I did make up that quote above. But it truly tells of my experience with physical therapy and piriformis syndrome.

So one particular doctor thought physical therapy would help me kick this pain in the piriformis. And although I appreciated his forethought in that physical therapy is better than medication, surgery, chiropractors, and most other stuff doctors prescribe, but it still wasn’t quite what I needed.

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