In this article, we will discuss how muscle pain is a symptom, rather than the underlying cause of chronic pain. Patients who have been told for months or years that muscles are their problem or suffer from recurring muscle spasms may have a missing diagnosis of joint instability. Joint instability, or looseness in the joint, is caused by ligament injury/laxity. Injured or overstretched ligaments can produce diverse symptoms, and one of the most common of these is muscle spasms and tightness. Muscle spasms instantaneous response to a ligament injury Ligaments are the primary stabilizers of the joint as they hold …

License Image The piriformis is a flat triangular shaped muscle that originates inside the pelvis and passes through the sciatic foramen on it’s way to insertion on the greater trochanter of the femur. The superior gemellus lies parallel to the obturator internus tendon, and it’s tendon blends with that of the obturator as it inserts …