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Q: Piercing Pain In Lower Back/upeer Butt Area

asked by: Alpine on August 27th, 2006

New User

Hello, recently I have been having a strong pain in the upper crevice of my gluteus maximus.

This began a few days ago seemingly shortly after a hard bike ride through the back roads around my area. I am not sure if this is the cause or has anything to do with it but I figure everything is a possiblity at this point.

At first it was ignored as I do get injured alot through quads and such however this does not seem to be going away. After a few days I had discovered that in the upper crevice of my rear end is a veritcal extrustion about an 2-3 centimeters high, an inch long, and about 1/4 inch across.

I have tried icing this numerious times assuming it was just a swelling due to me not being on my bike in awhile and it taking affect to me however it has done nothing more then temporarily numb the pain.

Thank you for your time and patience and I am looking forward to hearing from you soon!

Replies(2)

ioka

replied on June 15th, 2009

Supporter

HELLO AND WELCOME this could be siatica its common when the nerve gets irritated. Best thing for it is anti inflammatories and exercise to stop stiffening up.
It can settle on its own but if persists see a physio or chiropractor. it is a pain which radiatse from butt to hip.
hope this helps in some way.

littleonefb

replied on June 15th, 2009

Extremely eHealthy

Sounds more like what is called a Pilonidal Cyst. You need to see your doctor for a proper diagnosis.

If it is a pilonidal cyst, then it will need to be lanced, opened up and drained as it it infected.

There is really nothing you can do for home treatment if this is what you have to cure the problem. It needs immediate medical treatment before infection spreads if this is what you have.

All that ice will do is, as you said, numb the pain.

Go see your doctor as soon as possible.

Fran

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