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Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Unpleasant sensations of pain in the buttocks can be the result of a wrong sitting, a way of life in general. But sometimes, this is a symptom of quite dangerous and difficult to treat diseases. Therefore, do not long to self-medicate. If pain of this nature disturbs you for a long time - immediately go to the doctor.
Often people turn to doctors with the same complaint - pain in the buttocks. But the nature of such pains, and their localization may be different depending on the cause of their occurrence. Osteochondrosis in most cases is the main reason for the occurrence of such pain in the gluteus muscles. Also, cases when they are caused by osteoarthritis or other diseases of the sacral spine are not uncommon.
[Diagnostics of the pain in the buttocks
Not every person, having felt pain in the buttocks, immediately understand which doctor should be treated in this case. First of all, the examination begins in the office of a traumatologist - he should exclude the possibility of mechanical damage to the muscle or other causes of injury. Further, in the absence of traumatic origin of the pain, the trauma doctor will refer you to another doctor, which exactly - it already depends on your anamnesis of previous and existing diseases. Most often, in addition to a traumatologist, patients complain of pain in the buttocks to the neurologist in order to exclude all kinds of nerve pincers.
Why it is necessary to consult a doctor for pain in the buttocks?
The fact that the pain in the buttocks can be caused by various causes - from a normal injury to malignant neoplasms. Unfortunately, it is not uncommon for the pain in the buttocks to signal about metastases in the bones that have arisen from a prostate or breast cancer. In order to exclude such variants as soon as possible, or to start treatment of a disease that accompanies pain in the buttocks, a consultation of a qualified doctor is necessary.
In what cases it is necessary to be surveyed?
- The pain in the buttocks gives a tangible discomfort, interferes with walking, sitting
- Such painful feelings have the property of passing, but after a while appear again
- At night, the pain prevents sleep
- Pain in the buttock is accompanied by lameness
- You suffer from cardiovascular diseases
- Pain occurs in the child (in such cases, the first thing to exclude complex infections - tuberculosis or osteomyelitis)
Treatment of the pain in the buttocks
In each individual case, treatment is appointed by the doctor - it is strictly individual and depends on many factors. But, if you felt the pain in the buttocks quite recently and are not ready to go straight to the clinic - try to do a set of gymnastic exercises at home. Sitting on the couch exactly, straighten both legs. A painful leg bend in the knee and clasping it with the opposite hand for the middle of the calf is slowly pressed to the pelvis so that the heel touches the buttock or is as close to it as possible. Focus on the healthy leg, which you should strain and keep straight. Thus, you relax the gluteus muscle, lengthen it, removing the spasm, caused in some cases by the infringement of the nerve. Repeat the exercise while standing. Only in this case, the leg is pulled with the appropriate hand so that the knee touches the stomach. With the opposite hand, stick to the table or the back of the chair. Repeat these exercises for three days. In the event that the pain does not pass, intensifies or interferes with sleeping at night - immediately consult a doctor.