What causes pain at top of buttocks?

What causes pain at top of buttocks?

Butt pain can be from your GI tract, like from hemorrhoids, or from the muscles or nerves that run through your buttocks, such as from sciatica, piriformis syndrome, bursitis, herniated disk, or pulled muscles.

How do I relax my piriformis muscle?

Lie face up on a mat or other soft surface. Pull one of your knees to your chest while keeping the other straight. Bend your foot toward your opposite hip and hold for about 20 seconds. Repeat on the other side.

What does a sore piriformis muscle feel like?

Most patients describe symptoms of acute tenderness in the buttock and sciatica-like pain down the back of the thigh, calf and foot. Typical piriformis syndrome symptoms may include: A dull ache in the buttock. Pain down the back of the thigh, calf and foot (sciatica)

Can you pull a muscle in your upper buttocks?

A gluteal strain is a stretch or tear of a muscle in your buttocks called the gluteal muscle. This type of injury is often called a pulled muscle.