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Buttock Pain: Is It Muscle, Piriformis, Sciatic...

Buttock pain sounds like it should be easy to understand. There is a large muscle there. It hurts. So perhaps the glute is tight, the piriformis has a knot, or...

Back Pain From Sitting All Day: What Actually H...

Back discomfort after long periods of sitting is common, but the answer is not necessarily to find a “correct” way to sit and hold it for the rest of the...

Lower Back Pain: What Actually Helps — and When...

Lower back pain has a way of making people search for something very specific. Which disc is damaged? Which muscle is tight? Is it the quadratus lumborum? Is there a...

Neck & Shoulder Pain: What Type of Massage Actu...

Neck and shoulder pain is often described as one problem, but the discomfort can come from very different tissues and movement patterns. Sometimes the upper shoulders simply feel heavy, tight...

Fibromyalgia and Massage: Finding the Right Pre...

Fibromyalgia can make the relationship between pain and pressure surprisingly complicated. Some people cannot tolerate much pressure at all, especially during a flare. Others describe something almost opposite: light touch...

Piriformis Syndrome: Why It Feels Like Sciatica...

Piriformis syndrome is one of those diagnoses people often discover only after being told they have “sciatica.” The symptoms can sound almost identical. Pain starts deep in the buttock. Sitting...