1 Keep hot takeout food â such as barbecued meat or Chinese food â warm by transferring it to an oven-safe baking dish while you prepare another dish serve with it.  If you mash potatoes in an oven-safe saucepan, place them in the oven to stay warm while you finish preparing the other foods.
Muscle damage and tightness in Piriformis Syndrome is associated with scar-tissue adhesions. To treat these adhesions stretching is not enough. Hands-on treatment such as Active Release Techniques therapy is needed to work out the muscle adhesions and release the entrapped sciatic nerve.
The exact causes of piriformis syndrome are unknown. 1  Suspected causes include: 2  Muscle spasm in the piriformis muscle, either because of irritation in the muscle itself or irritation of a nearby structure such as the sacroiliac joint or hip. 3  Tightening of the muscle, in response to injury or spasm.