Open AccessA New Treatment Modality in Piriformis Syndrome: Ultrasound Guided Dry Needling Treatment
Author(s) -
Fatih Bağcıer,
Fatih Hakan Tufanoğlu
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
ağrı
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.255
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 2458-9446
pISSN - 1300-0012
DOI - 10.14744/agri.2019.92170
Subject(s) - dry needling , modality (human–computer interaction) , medicine , piriformis syndrome , treatment modality , ultrasound , radiology , surgery , computer science , artificial intelligence , pathology , acupuncture , alternative medicine , sciatica
Piriformis syndrome is a painful entrapment neuropathy caused by compression of the sciatic nerve under piriformis muscle for structural or acquired reasons. Myofascial pain syndrome is the most common cause. There are physical therapy modalities, stretching exercises, injection therapies and medical treatment approaches.In this case, we planned to demonstrate a different perspective to the treatment of piriformis syndrome with the ultrasound-guided dry needling treatment.