What’s with the sore butt?

Buttock soreness can be categorized as physiological or pathological. Physiologic may be related to overstrain of the buttock muscles. Pathologic may be related to hip fasciitis, lumbar disc herniation and other diseases. It is recommended that patients go to the hospital in time to clarify the cause of the disease. 1. Physiological: frequent sedentary, standing for a long time, or the buttock muscles are in a state of tension for a long time, which can lead to overstrain of the buttock muscles, resulting in soreness and swelling of the buttock muscles. 2.Pathologic: (1) gluteal fasciitis: the gluteal fascia exertion, cold and other causes of pathological changes and cause a variety of discomfort symptoms of the body myofascia, often pain, muscle tension, muscle weakness, muscle spasm, skin numbness, soreness and other symptoms. (2) Lumbar intervertebral disc herniation: the fibrous ring of the intervertebral disc ruptures, and the nucleus pulposus protrudes from the ruptured place to the back or the spinal canal, which leads to irritation or compression of the adjacent spinal nerve roots, thus affecting the gluteal nerves, resulting in the symptom of buttock soreness and distension. If physiological causes are ruled out, it is recommended that the patient go to the hospital in a timely manner to clarify the cause of the sore buttocks.