How To Release The Piriformis Muscle

  references & resources
  
      NASM: "PIRIFORMIS: IS IT REALLY TIGHT? REALLY?"
    
      NASM: "PIRIFORMIS STRETCHES TO RELIEVE PIRIFORMIS SYNDROME"
    
      American Academy of Family Physicians: " Home  Diseases and Conditions  Piriformis Syndrome CONDITION Piriformis Syndrome"
    
      Rice Office of Institutional Research, Houston, Texas: The piriformis syndrome
    
      Sports Injury Clinic: Over Pronation of the Foot
    




Introducing regular stretches and foam rolling can help release your piriformis muscle.

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Image Credit: pixdeluxe/E+/GettyImages

      NASM: "PIRIFORMIS: IS IT REALLY TIGHT? REALLY?"
    
      NASM: "PIRIFORMIS STRETCHES TO RELIEVE PIRIFORMIS SYNDROME"
    
      American Academy of Family Physicians: " Home  Diseases and Conditions  Piriformis Syndrome CONDITION Piriformis Syndrome"
    
      Rice Office of Institutional Research, Houston, Texas: The piriformis syndrome
    
      Sports Injury Clinic: Over Pronation of the Foot