# Butt pain **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [February 23, 2013, 8:30pm UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/butt-pain/1546 "2013-02-23T20:30:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Scott\_O](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/scott_o/32/3_2.png) [@Scott\_O](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/u/Scott_O)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2013, 5:19pm UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/butt-pain/1546/21 "2013-05-11T17:19:07Z")
The title brought a smile to my face, but definitely an issue that should be discussed. ---
**Author:** ![Frances](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/frances/32/4766_2.png) [@Frances](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/u/Frances)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2013, 7:09pm UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/butt-pain/1546/22 "2013-05-11T19:09:39Z")
Here's a link to a youtube demonstration of a piriformis (butt) stretch. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcHVBsxmJXA](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcHVBsxmJXA) ---
**Author:** ![michael\_in\_vermont](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/michael_in_vermont/32/640_2.png) [@michael\_in\_vermont](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/u/michael_in_vermont)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2013, 9:59pm UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/butt-pain/1546/23 "2013-05-11T21:59:06Z")
I had no idea that is what the piriformis is! (and I call myself a nurse...) I assumed it was radiating from my SI joine though I have no sciatica. I am going to start the stretches today. Thanks so much guys, that's why I love this site so much. You guys are the best. ---
**Author:** ![Frances](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/frances/32/4766_2.png) [@Frances](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/u/Frances)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 12:02am UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/butt-pain/1546/24 "2013-05-12T00:02:26Z")
I've done the piriformis stretch several times today and it helps a lot. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyCat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/grumpycat/32/969_2.png) [@GrumpyCat](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/u/GrumpyCat)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 1:29am UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/butt-pain/1546/25 "2013-05-12T01:29:16Z")
I think you have to do Ortho? I hadn’t remembered it from A&P, either! michael in vermont said: > I had no idea that is what the piriformis is! (and I call myself a nurse…) I assumed it was radiating from my SI joine though I have no sciatica. I am going to start the stretches today. Thanks so much guys, that’s why I love this site so much. You guys are the best. ---
**Author:** ![michael\_in\_vermont](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/michael_in_vermont/32/640_2.png) [@michael\_in\_vermont](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/u/michael_in_vermont)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 2:01am UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/butt-pain/1546/26 "2013-05-12T02:01:31Z")
I did Ortho in the 1980s. Most recently I was in Triage. Now I am out on disability. I was struggling every day to do my job despite it being a desk jo and part time. But I am 56 and my work was not very helpful. We each have to decide these things for ourselves. I also did chemo, burn unit, trauma, general surgery, camp nurse and some other things. Which is yours? ---
**Author:** ![Marietta](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/marietta/32/761_2.png) [@Marietta](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/u/Marietta)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 4:24am UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/butt-pain/1546/27 "2013-05-13T04:24:17Z")
Jo, thank you SO MUCH. I knew there was some missing information, and you nailed it. I looked it up and that is exactly where the pain is and where it is radiating. I looked at and did some piriformis stretches and it HELPED! So amazing that such a little area can cause such very big trouble. I'm sort of annoyed with my rheumy not explaining anything when I showed him the spot and explained exactly what I explained here. Anyway, thanks again Jo, I appreciate you posting, and I think you have helped many of us! Jo said: > That is exactly where your piriformis is! That muscle is prone to tightness and can be very painful. It's tightening up to relieve SI pain and damage. I have a tone of ways to fix it but I can't fix it over the internet :( .... Except for stretching. Look up piriformis stretch and try it. Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![Lindseylou](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/lindseylou/32/674_2.png) [@Lindseylou](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/u/Lindseylou)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 4:50am UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/butt-pain/1546/28 "2013-05-13T04:50:47Z")
I got a steroid injection straight into the piriformis muscle,worked like magic. ---
**Author:** ![Jo1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/jo1/32/1229_2.png) [@Jo1](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/u/Jo1)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 5:59pm UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/butt-pain/1546/29 "2013-05-13T17:59:34Z")
I'm so glad! Once I posted my reply I realized how tight my own were and stretched. It definitely helped! ---
**Author:** ![Frances](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/frances/32/4766_2.png) [@Frances](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/u/Frances)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 3:25pm UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/butt-pain/1546/30 "2013-06-11T15:25:17Z")
Update on my war against butt pain ! I now keep a lacrosse ball in my handbag and I roll it up and down against a wall over the tight muscles. I use it when I'm at a friends house or even at a restaurant's bathroom stall wall - and clean afterwards. It has allowed me to go out with friends for a long evening and get major relief. I feel more secure going out and knowing I have something to help me. ---
**Author:** ![Marietta](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/marietta/32/761_2.png) [@Marietta](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/u/Marietta)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 3:35pm UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/butt-pain/1546/31 "2013-06-11T15:35:33Z")
I have narrowed down (with the help of this thread) that my pain is in my left piriformis. As long as I do stretches for it, and apply heat, I can now derail a major flare of the pain. I had no idea so many were dealing with butt pain when I started this thread! ---
**Author:** ![Frances](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/frances/32/4766_2.png) [@Frances](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/u/Frances)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 3:37pm UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/butt-pain/1546/32 "2013-06-11T15:37:36Z")
It is interesting that so many of us have butt pain. I'm so glad you started this conversation ! ---
**Author:** ![Seenie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/seenie/32/4466_2.png) [@Seenie](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/u/Seenie)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 9:35pm UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/butt-pain/1546/33 "2013-06-11T21:35:06Z")
Marietta, look up “Piriformis Syndrome”. ---
**Author:** ![Andy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/andy/32/116_2.png) [@Andy](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/u/Andy)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2013, 2:12am UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/butt-pain/1546/34 "2013-07-06T02:12:52Z")
To begin with, the only thing that really reduced my low back, sciatic, piriformis, butt pain was steroid injections. I had several of them within a 3 month period. The side effects were horrible,and lasted months. BP went up, face swelled and I had extreme depression. I'll never get them again, but the pain is coming back and I am afraid I cannot get relief. I've tried exercising more, but the exercise bike makes it worse. Any further suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![Andy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/andy/32/116_2.png) [@Andy](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/u/Andy)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2013, 2:56am UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/butt-pain/1546/35 "2013-07-06T02:56:55Z")
These exercises are similar to what I did in PT. [http://www.livestrong.com/article/417309-iliopsoas-bursitis-exercises/](http://www.livestrong.com/article/417309-iliopsoas-bursitis-exercises/) Andy said: > To begin with, the only thing that really reduced my low back, sciatic, piriformis, butt pain was steroid injections. I had several of them within a 3 month period. The side effects were horrible,and lasted months. BP went up, face swelled and I had extreme depression. I'll never get them again, but the pain is coming back and I am afraid I cannot get relief. I've tried exercising more, but the exercise bike makes it worse. Any further suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![Frances](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/frances/32/4766_2.png) [@Frances](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/u/Frances)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2013, 3:11am UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/butt-pain/1546/36 "2013-07-06T03:11:04Z")
Hi Andy, I'm still struggling with the same problem. I started aqua therapy - I've had 2 sessions and did my exercises today at my community pool and it hasn't helped yet. The only way I can reduce the pain is by using a foam roller to work at the tender spots. I also use a lacrosse ball and work it up and down against the wall on the tender areas. It usually, not always, gives me temporary relief - sometimes lasting a few hours. I'm going to discuss it with my physical therapist this week and let her know the prescribed P.T. isn't helping. ---
**Author:** ![Andy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/andy/32/116_2.png) [@Andy](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/u/Andy)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2013, 3:37am UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/butt-pain/1546/37 "2013-07-06T03:37:21Z")
Hi Frances, I've also noticed that this pain gets worse after a Humira injection.too, and I have found info stating that this is a side effect. This disease, treatment, and symptoms are a complex puzzle unique to an individual...I'm hoping I find the solution soon :-) Frances said: > Hi Andy, > > I'm still struggling with the same problem. I started aqua therapy - I've had 2 sessions and did my exercises today at my community pool and it hasn't helped yet. The only way I can reduce the pain is by using a foam roller to work at the tender spots. I also use a lacrosse ball and work it up and down against the wall on the tender areas. It usually, not always, gives me temporary relief - sometimes lasting a few hours. > > I'm going to discuss it with my physical therapist this week and let her know the prescribed P.T. isn't helping. ---
**Author:** ![Frances](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/frances/32/4766_2.png) [@Frances](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/u/Frances)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2013, 3:59am UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/butt-pain/1546/38 "2013-07-06T03:59:30Z")
I'm getting Remicade infusions and will research if it's also a side effect. [Previous page](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/butt-pain/1546.md?page=1)