My Latest Ailment

...is a real pain in the hinder.

Piriformis Syndrome, as you can probably guess from the name, is the condition that occurs when you pass gas and sneeze at the same time.

Wait!, no, I tell a lie... that's something else. Piriformis Syndrome is the sudden dramatic appearance of feathers around your midsection.

Whoops!, no, actually that's not even close.

Actually, Piriformis syndrome is a condition in which the piriformis muscle becomes tight or spasms, and irritates the sciatic nerve. The piriformis is a muscle which runs from your sacrum (mid-line base of spine) to the outer hip bone (trochanter).

(My sincere thanks to the miracle of copy/paste, which made that last paragraph possible)

In other words, my butt hurts and it won't stop. Awesome. *sigh* It seems to be an injury that mostly affects runners. Must have happened to me while I was wind-sprinting between my office chair and the vending machine.

So... foot, groin, and now hinder.

Anyone wanna take bets on what will be next?