Pain and weakness on both sides of the buttocks may be caused by physiological reasons such as overwork, or it may be caused by pathological reasons such as lumbar disc herniation, pyriformis syndrome and muscle strain.
1. Physiological reasons: overwork or excessive exercise leads to excessive fatigue of the muscles of the buttocks and lower limbs, and the accumulation of lactic acid in the muscles can lead to pain and weakness of the buttocks and lower limbs, which is a normal physiological phenomenon and can be gradually relieved after sufficient rest.
2. Lumbar disc herniation: due to lumbar degenerative diseases such as lumbar disc herniation, the protruding intervertebral disc compresses the nerve root and causes sciatica, which can lead to pain and numbness in the soft tissues around the lumbar vertebrae, the muscles of the buttocks and one side of the lower limbs, and other symptoms of neurological radiating pain.
3. Piriformis syndrome: Inflammation of the piriformis muscle causes the sciatic nerve to be compressed at the outlet of the piriformis muscle, which can cause symptoms of buttock pain, accompanied by numbness and weakness of the soft tissues in the area innervated by the sciatic nerve.
4. Muscle strain: common in the long standing working population, patients with chronic injury to the buttocks and lower limb muscles, can cause patients to appear on both sides of the buttock pain and leg weakness symptoms.
There may be other reasons for the pain on both sides of the buttocks and leg weakness, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner, improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, and then give targeted treatment or treatment.