Andie MacDowell, 66, reveals she suffers from surprising health condition: I was literally falling apart

Andie MacDowell is embracing aging — and everything that comes with it.The “Four Weddings and a Funeral” actress, 66, addressed her health during an interview on Drew Barrymore’s talk show Thursday, revealing she suffers from Piriformis Syndrome.Piriformis Syndrome is a condition that causes pain, numbness, or tingling in the buttocks, hip or upper leg and occurs when the piriformis muscle spasms and compresses the sciatic nerve, according to the Mayo Clinic.The pain can be a mild ache to a sharp, burning sensation that sometimes feels like a jolt or electric shock, per the website.MacDowell shared the specifics of her condition, revealing the pain was so intense that she thought she’d need a hip replacement.“I have piriformis syndrome,” she told Barrymore, 49.“It’s a muscle that’s, kind of clamps down on my sciatic nerve and it was shooting down my leg.I thought I was gonna have to have hip replacement.

Thank God my hips are fine,” the star stated.MacDowell said she works with a personal trainer to tame the pain, adding that her previous exercise of choice might not have been helping her issue.“I have to work my tiny little bottom and my hips.I have to work the bottom and work my hip.

I just do it every day,” the “Groundhog Day” actress shared.MacDowell admitted that she loves to work out, but her Peloton habit wasn’t doing her any favors.“I like to eat, but I do love to work out.That is my great fortune because I have had friends that are frustrated because they don’t enjoy it, but I really do enjoy it,” she explained.“But most recently, what happened when I was working last season as I did the Peloton like a crazy person and it’s not appropriate for my body, and I ended up with bad knees and a bad hip, and I didn’t realize what was, I thought I was literally falling apart like I was gonna have to get new pieces,” she joked.Luckily, “my pieces are fine,” MacDowell told Barrymore.

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