Piriformis Stretch

Teaching Points

• Lay on the floor on your back and cross the right ankle over the left knee
  
  
• Grip the thigh of your left leg and pull the knee towards you, lifting the foot off the floor
  
  
• Pull the knee further towards you to increase the stretch
  
  
• Hold for between 10 and 30 seconds

Variations

• Perform in sitting with the back supported

Muscles Stretched

• Piriformis

Related Injuries

• Piriformis syndrome