Can These 10 Stretches Alleviate Your Piriformis Tension?

6. Sitting piriformis stretch

Sit on the floor with your feet in front of you. Bend your left leg and cross it over your straight right leg, placing the foot flat on the floor just outside the right shin or knee. Place your left hand about a foot behind your seat for support and wrap your right arm around your left knee. Alternatively, you can place the outside of the right elbow against the outside of the left knee. Inhale to sit up straight and tall, then exhale to twist to the left. Hold for about 30 seconds, continuing to follow that process: inhale to get taller, exhale to twist a little bit more. Return to facing forward on an exhale, and repeat on the other side. This stretch can also be done with the foot of the bent leg placed inside the other knee.