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.
Like I said earlier, piriformis syndrome is caused by a short, tight piriformis muscle. This increase in girth and tension can compromise the sciatic nerve by squeezing or pinching it, leading to inflammation of the nerve and a subsequent case of pain, numbness and tingling down the leg on side of the affected muscle.hat I will discuss in this article are the causes of piriformis syndrome, a few home remedies that can relieve your immediate pain and discomfort, and how a good sports chiropractor would treat your low back, hip and buttock pain caused by piriformis syndrome.