Recent statistics reveal that badminton injuries occur at a rate of roughly 2.9 per 1000 playing hours. This means most committed badminton players will experience injury several times throughout their badminton career.

In badminton, piriformis syndrome is an injury to the hip that's often associated with the deceleration and lunging motions in the badminton strokes.
Piriformis syndrome is characterized by a deep pain in the buttock, it can be on one side or on both.

                            

In the inital stages, ps should be treated with the RICE philosophy or principle and that's in the first 24 to 48 hours.