In my note on sciatic pain caused by cramp of the piriformis muscle I neglected to mention that this is a common side-effect of Parkinson's disease. Probably because I still had residual pain - which is also my excuse for the spelling mistakes. Sorry :-( Jim ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn