Indiana Woman Finds Pain Relief in Rural Southern Missouri

When I saw Jennifer a year ago this week, she was in rough shape and had been for a long time. She needed pain relief. Jennifer was struggling with hip / buttock / low back pain that no one had been able to help her with — and now it was going to ruin her […]

piriformis syndrome or something else? a case study

PIRIFORMIS SYNDROME OR SOMETHING ELSE? A CASE STUDY Sometimes I take emails I get and turn them into blog posts that I call “CASE STUDIES“. This email is from an individual somewhere in the upper Midwest, where they are having it much colder than even our brutal Arctic blast. I’ll call this person ‘Dave’. Dear […]

hey doc; can you help my piriformis syndrome?

PIRIFORMIS SYNDROME: CAN YOU HELP ME? Dr. Russ, Matt and I had identical issues and I came to see you about seven months ago. You were absolutely awesome, but like Matt, the pain came back. I just finished my two surgeries from the same physician Matt used in Milwaukee. I’m still recovering but the pain […]

piriformis syndrome; yesterday and today

IMAGING THE PIRIFORMIS: THE MORE THINGS CHANGE, THE MORE THEY STAY THE SAME Scar Tissue Regular muscle fibers run parallel to each other in a neat, orderly route. When scar tissue forms, it is a knotty, tangled and twisted mess, which is where pain may occur. When connective tissue is injured, the nerve tissue in […]