Deep Gluteal Nerve Syndrome

Posterior hip pain is a common chief complaint, but it remains one of the most difficult presentations to document in musculoskeletal practice. In a narrow anatomical space, the sciatic nerve, the deep lateral rotators, the proximal attachment of the hamstrings, the lesser trochanter, and the ischium all intersect—not to mention referred pain from the lumbar spine and the sacroiliac joint (SIJ)…