The piriformis is a small muscle located deep in the hip joint. Its main role is to rotate the hip and move the leg away from the body (abduction). Lucky people probably haven't heard of this tiny ...

Scientists have discovered how exercise help presevent muscle loss due to aging. Rob and Julia Campbell/Stocksy Now, researchers have uncovered the molecular pathway that explains how exercise helps ...

Hip mobility exercises after 55, a veteran personal trainer shares 5 standing moves to ease stiffness fast.

Andie MacDowell recently went public with her piriformis syndrome diagnosis, but what does the condition entail? According to the Cleveland Clinic, piriformis syndrome causes pain or numbness in a ...

A reader of this column recently wrote to me with the following question: “I’m getting physical therapy for lower back pain and sciatica that is said to be from ‘piriformis syndrome.' My treatment has ...