Luckily, trigger points are fairly easy to deal with once you understand them and know where to find them. There are many ways to treat your trigger points once you can locate them.
The hardest part is locating the piriformis muscle itself. To do this, first go back and look at picture that shows the piriformis muscle. Now think of where that would be in your body. Understand what action it performs.
Now lie on your side with your bottom leg straight (or almost straight if it hurts) and with the top leg bent. Now rotate the top leg outward while lying down. Feel in your buttocks for the muscle that’s responsible for this movement. You’ve found the piriformis muscle, good job!
When treating the piriformis muscle be sure to remember that the sciatic nerve basically runs ‘through’ the piriformis muscle and other short hip rotator muscles. When applying pressure to this area, if you feel any nerve pain (zappy, tingly, pins & needles, numbness) then it’s best to back off and only do what is tolerable.
It’s also nearly impossible to hurt yourself when you’re treating yourself, because if it hurts your instant reaction is to stop before causing damage.
Once you’ve located the piriformis you can use Trieze to get to the trigger points.
