Soft Tissue Therapy: True or false:
You should tell the patient to avoid stretching the piriformis muscle in piriformis syndrome, because you don't know if their sciatic nerve goes through or around the muscle. Therefore, they could damage the nerve.

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True or false:
You should tell the patient to avoid stretching the piriformis muscle in piriformis syndrome, because you don't know if their sciatic nerve goes through or around the muscle. Therefore, they could damage the nerve.

Alexandra Jessie Wilson · Accepted Answer

False. 
Stretching is vital.

(The rest of the question is just false information to throw you off)

Soft Tissue Therapy

True or false: You should tell the patient to avoid stretching the piriformis muscle in piriformis syndrome, because you don't know if their sciatic nerve goes through or around the muscle. Therefore, they could damage the nerve.

False. Stretching is vital. (The rest of the question is just false information to throw you off)

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