Do You Have FAKE Sciatica? Herniated Disc vs Piriformis. How to Tell

I’m so thankful to have found these gentlemen. In 50 years of suffering from chronic back pain, degenerative disc disorder and now severe neuropathy in both my legs, No One, None of my doctors, neurologists, physiology specialists, No One has ever explained any of this to me in the manner these two do.

I cannot thank you enough Bob and Brad for taking the time to share your knowledge and help thousands and thousands of people. God bless you!

Thank you guys so much for taking the time to make this video, it was extremely helpful for me and my hip mobility issues!

This is my favorite intro in the history of intros! and thank you... I have been dying of pain for my sciatica and I found this video. very informative.

Wow I can't believe y'all actually respond to the comments you're probably The only one that responded thanks for the videos

I learned more from you guys than all of the health professionals combined.

I took a break from crying when you introduced Napoleon "Bone"apart. My pain is so bad today, but that got a little chuckle in between the tears

I had a serious fall in ‘87 broke pelvis/femur and on the other side foot and ankle, and both wrists so hard to support myself when doing some exercises. I’m 56 now and all are stable and well healed but things go painful sometimes and I must say your videos are always where I start my research. I wish I could have had as good access to such well explained useful knowledge over the years before. You’ve been very helpful, thanks

Thank you so much you have greatly helped relieve my pain. I am grateful to you both. I saw a chiropractor and did not get any relief. I did your stretches and it made all the difference in the world.

This is a great video, very helpful, also love the banter

Thank you Doctor. In this covid I had severe lower back pain but followed you on YouTube and got relieved that I don't have all those and relieved by doing some exercises that you have prescribed. God bless you both

I learned more from you than all of the doctors I went to combined. Thank you very much.

I'm so happy to meet someone who knows my pain.Thanks for your videos so much.

You guys are AWESOME!!! Thank you so much for the service you provide! Much love to you both! :D

Ahhh bless you for this channel. I tried to understand where this awful pain is coming from sometimes and I just checked all the boxes for piriformis hurting. THANKS SO MUCH THANKS SO MUCH, I'm now going to watch some videos how to tame it! 😊

Love this video, you both explained things really easily, thank you 👏

Thank you^3! The info you guys share is such a big influence on my life and my well being. I've been told for 12 years I have sciatica, and I do have a slight disc bulge on L5 s1. But the pain, numbness, and other sensations/tingling has been improved by over 80% since discovering how to do the right stretches and trigger point release on the piriformis and other regional muscles. Totally changed my life. I can walk again!!!!!

THANK YOU for this video! I have spent 2 1/2 years fighting physical therapists, orthopedic surgeons, and generally, the entire medical industry to have what I knew was piriformis, from the literature, actually recognized and treated. By the time I found a surgeon willing to do the RIGHT tests and be open to the idea, I was too far gone for PT or any other non-invasive treatment, although we tried them all just in case. I had minimally invasive piriformis release surgery in April 2017 and for the first time, I have hope again. A year before, I had an L5/S1 laminectomy and facet widening because it was assumed the sciatica was from back issues. While, by that point I desperately needed the surgery, since the piriformis issues had pulled everything out of place, including the back muscles, and greatly inflamed the sciatic nerve, it only solved the back problem, not the underlying problem, and most likely wouldn't have been necessary if the the piriformis syndrome had been diagnosed early. I SO wish I had had your video during this time. Over the past two years, I had read every medical journal available and still, almost no one listened, except for my wonderful back neurosurgeon and his help getting me to an endoscopic hip surgeon who was open minded. So thank you so very much as PTs for getting the word out there and providing medical support to us special snowflakes who do develop piriformis syndrome, even if we aren't athletes or men with "wallet syndrome". You can't imagine the relief (and yes anger because there was no validity from the medical profession before) when I saw your video and thought of all the people you could help, especially those without access to the medical journals. I'm fortunate enough to be in academia with basically full access to all the research I need. Most are not so fortunate. THANK YOU.

I’m a long distance runner. 20 miles a week. You are saving my life

I always find my way back to you guys. Great videos.