What Causes Chest Pain? Chest pain is a common symptom of many heart problems, including: Coronary artery disease, which happens when cholesterol builds up on the walls of your arteries. This can make your arteries narrow, or even block them completely, raising your risk of a heart attack or stroke.
Piriformis. The piriformis is a flat, pyramid-shaped muscle that lies parallel to (in line with) the gluteus medius muscle's back margin and underneath the gluteus maximus muscle in the hip area.t takes up the most area in the greater sciatic foramen. It is a small muscle when compared to other muscles of the region. The piriformis helps rotate the hip and works with rotators such as the obturator externus and the gemellus inferior.
right piriformis muscle left picture the right side piriformis muscle is seen in red notice the small hole notch just underneath the muscle this is where the sciatic nerve comes through right picture this is the same picture except you can see the sciatic nerve and the artery that travels with it any sort of spasm or abnormal tension on the piriformis muscle can cause pressure on the sciatic nerve the result is piriformis syndrome a deep ache in the buttock that is often accompanied by pain numbness tingling paresthesia odd sensations or weakness in the leg