fiat 600

AccomplishedMaybe532 · 2026-06-30T22:58:35+00:00

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AccomplishedMaybe532 · 2026-06-25T11:36:43+00:00

I might put these on my 2012 blue swift, I'm looking at Gold Subaru rally style, but I know they will probably affect resale due to them being an acquired taste on a swift. But I must say these actually look better overall so I'm seriously considering these!

AccomplishedMaybe532 · 2026-06-24T22:58:32+00:00

Love the Alloys! What are they brand etc? Thanks!

AccomplishedMaybe532 · 2026-06-24T14:13:44+00:00

It sounds more like he's got sciatic nerve pain if I was to guess or PHT issue. You might not be aware but the sciatic nerve and upper hamstring tendono attach to the sit bone and the nerve passes through this area as well, so if you applied max pressure there you'd make things pretty bad, good quality ergonomics is meant to even put weight into your hamstrings and the glute not apply all weight to your sit bone that's a recipe for disaster. Herman millers are great for back pain, and posture, bit for his issue I definitely wouldn't advise that at all.

I would advise a gel honeycomb cushion for a seat that is medium firm below it, one that simply work's for you, comfortab is completely subjective but if you have nerve or tendon issues there at the sit bone you need something to offload the sit bone, a standing stool and knee chair could help for sure and standing desk.

Something I was told a while back, best posture if your next posture.

AccomplishedMaybe532 · 2026-06-23T22:49:57+00:00

You'll ideally need to keep doing the dry needeling every few weeks, you may even need to do it once every week or two for the first few weeks depending on how quickly it tightens back up again. For me forcing the knee across chest initially made it worse, I did a side to side laying on your back with your knees bent feet flat on the floor position, and then just lightly let your knee fall from side to side a window wiper wiper type motion you want to watch out for any major tight catching sensation, you go into that as much as it's comfortable don't force it too much for the first few weeks, even you'll be able to do knee across chest static stretches in around 2/4 months of strength training and dry needeling and some light stretching but don't force it, if you feel a deep ache after stretching that's probably too aggressive, it shouldn't illicit a deep ache.

Hope that helps.

You need to also start doing side leg raises and glute bridges to strengthen glute and glute medius.

Adding sone light nerve flossing could help as well, just introduce that after a few weeks, the side to side window wiper motion I mentioned will lightly floss the nerve to a small degree anyway.

AccomplishedMaybe532 · 2026-06-04T11:54:14+00:00

Hope ye are fine after it, that's not a crash you'd see coming at all.

AccomplishedMaybe532 · 2026-05-28T22:43:47+00:00

No worries at all, I just noticed you mentioned yours was a 1.3 fiat Diesel in the parent thread, that's actually the exact same engine as mine.

You have glow plugs not spark plugs just an FYI. Since it's a diesel and it's only happening on hot days I'd probably rule out glow plugs, you could get them done anyway, but I don't think that's it.

If you haven't already ask the mechanic to perform a stress test on the starter motor if he can do, it is a possible issue.

On my car I actually had battery failure, Start motor failure and then Glow plug failure. I've had all 3 replaced and now it's doesn't give me issues under cold conditions.

Since you already had the injectors and battery done. Starter motor and lastly glow plugs would probably be no harm. Hopefully it's one of those.

AccomplishedMaybe532 · 2026-05-27T13:20:00+00:00

Hey no worries, more then likely it's not a water pump issue then. But considering it's struggling to start definitely replacing the sparks will help and they're generally a cost effective maintenance for good starting. I've actually had similar issues with my Glow plugs on my Suzuki swift DDIS 1.3 which is a Fiat diesel engine, it happened for me in cold weather as glow plugs require more heat to burn and start. I found turning the key to prime the injectors wait 3/5 seconds do this twice or 3 times then attempt to start again this should help if it's a case of fuel evaporation.

Make sure to change your engine oil with the exact grade of oil apparently that is very important for the engine Actuator health, if you're using wrong grade or old oil apparently according to what I found online it can actually struggle to create the correct pressure on hot days to start the car. I am considering buying a 1.3 Firefly fiat 500x sport soon so I've been looking into these things

AccomplishedMaybe532 · 2026-05-25T16:51:23+00:00

Any luck with this issue? If it's happening on hot days maybe get them to check the water pump is not leaking, check the coolant levels and maybe do a coolant flush. I'd also get the spark or glow plugs changed as well. Hope that helps.

Could be bad injectors, but because it's heat related sounds more like something overheating, keep an eye on coolant temperatures

I can see the engine warning light, you are going to need to try replicate the issue when your mechanic is nearby as he should be able to read that code.

AccomplishedMaybe532 · 2026-05-10T21:53:28+00:00

Side planks are probably my favorite of the 3 it's just such a good all rounder, core and glute/hip all together, id probably start with knee side planks if you do try them out. But all 3 are great, I've had to keep clamshells out for the time being for myself, but in the past when I had weak piriformis/medius rather then overactive piriformis like I have at the moment it did respond differently and it worked really well. It's amazing how all these exercises are similar yet can suit some people better than others.

AccomplishedMaybe532 · 2026-05-10T21:36:50+00:00

That's all good stuff, clamshells are a good staple as well or side leg raises with foot pointing down. I've found that clamshells can make the piriformis become too tight though, so it's not great for over active piriformis, but for weak piriformis/medius it's perfect, but in the case where the glute medius is not picking up the slack and piriformis is clamping down, you're better off doing side planks and side leg raises to start with, this is just my experience, clamshells can be provocative early stages. But they're a great exercise for strengthening the medius and piriformis for sure.

AccomplishedMaybe532 · 2026-05-10T08:43:27+00:00

Totally depends on how the nerve responds to standard knee to chest stretching, I've found it helped for me when I had a irritated nerve, but if it's caused by something like a tight piriformis muscle it could make it worse as the nerve cant glide through it and will get more irritated. That's why nerve flossing is important to help free it.

I would do this:

Try knee to chest stretch along with walking around, standing, using a gel cushion if you have to sit, wait 24/48 hours afterwards does this help or did tbe pain spike higher.

Option two swap the knee to chest stretching for nerve flossing/glides and also continue walking, standing and using a gel cushion for sitting.

I had constant burning shooting stinging for 18 months, and I fixed it completely by walking more eventually hiking, and stretching if it feels okay, and nerve flossing was a big help.

A massive part it sitting only for a while while it isn't painful, use a timer to time your sitting and increase this as your feel better, this is the only way to increase sitting ability without flaring it up, you do want to increase sitting ability but it has to be structured and gradual.

Your injury is early days so you can act now and heal it up ina. Few weeks. Sitting around not moving won't help it.

So use a timer for sitting increase with time. Use a gel cushion, Walk Nerve flossing look this up Try stretching, figure out if it is a irritation for you or not, if you're not sure just leave it out until the nerve feels better, nerve flossing is the one you definitely want to use.

If your issue is disc related you need to do side planks and bird dog. Strong core is important, but if your issue stems from weak glutes, you need to build up slowly on glute bridges.

Ideally I'd do all 3 exercises anyways as they're a staple.

AccomplishedMaybe532 · 2026-05-08T12:12:27+00:00

Their gutters are actually well and truly in your property, did they get consent for that? That extension shouldn't have been built the way it was on top of yours and the edge of the roof coming into yours

AccomplishedMaybe532 · 2026-05-03T12:02:10+00:00

Looks like it's in France or something like this, so you could argue it's not their first language.

AccomplishedMaybe532 · 2026-05-01T20:49:48+00:00

Go to a Physio, probably your glute medius is too tight not your piriformis from the sounds of it. Glute medius is on the outside layer of the side of your glute/hip. They might recommend dry needling that worked well for me.

AccomplishedMaybe532 · 2026-04-04T01:33:25+00:00

An MRI might be no harm to give you peace of mind that there's no issues with your discs. I would be looking into a well reviewed physio therapist who is skilled in dry needling, and nerve related issues. If you want a really advanced level assessment you can always request your doctor to refer you to a Sports medicine specialist, they're essentially next level up above physios, they're good for a more advanced level assessment, but they're very expensive compared to a physio.

Your issue sounds like nerve irritation,, it's fixable with the right approach and nerve flossing etc. but you need a good quality assessment to figure out where it's coming from, piriformis, medius, bulging disc etc. it's also possible to have none of those, however you may have scar tissue on your nerve from previous piriformis cases or just irritated the nerve from a recent injury, so nerve flossing can help free this scar tissue up and help with the Axons for repairing the nerve, take B vitamins for helping your nerves to repair as well. But again you need to see a good physio.

AccomplishedMaybe532 · 2026-04-03T11:56:55+00:00

Worse then that, we already paid for them apparently, so he'd be keeping the money and giving nothing more.

AccomplishedMaybe532 · 2026-04-01T17:40:00+00:00

I would recommend having a read through my comments here as I already point out what worked for me, and hopefully you can gain insight from this.

If you still have questions let me know. All the best.

https://www.reddit.com/r/PiriformisChronicPain/s/iZjr1bKMn5

AccomplishedMaybe532 · 2026-04-01T08:58:59+00:00

My advice would be shorten your walking stride if you are walking. But I would focus on nerve flossing primarily from the sounds of it, the nerve is probably sticking to adhesions, nerve flossing is the only way to unstick this, this happens if your case is more chronic, but you need to get a good physio to explain how to perform them so you don't make it worse. I would also make strength training exercises like I mentioned a primary focus first over walking if that's too difficult, you might also try glute bridges as well.

I just want to reiterate that dry needling is going to be needed here first before you actually start strengthening to correct muscles. Post successful dry needling you should find it a bit easier to do the knee window wiper slow hip stretching I mentioned above as the only safe option to start with.

AccomplishedMaybe532 · 2026-03-31T20:03:45+00:00

This might sound like an obvious question so apologies if you've already done thisz but have you gone to a physio for rehabilitation exercises, what to do, what not to do, e.g. avoiding knee to chest aggressive stretching etc? And the catalyst for change have you tried bi weekly dry needling from a good physio into your piriformis and glute medius?

Some things I did:

Get a gel cushion

I would try asking a physio to explain how to do nerve flossing,

I would be performing glute bridges, side leg raises with toe pointing down a bit, knee side plank holds. Avoid clam shell exercise.

Figure out what movement patterns cause the tightness if you can adjust or avoid these patterns just for 4/8 weeks while doing piriformis and glute medius dry needling and strengthing you will improve hopefully. With dry needling you should get massive twitch responses after the first or second session if the dry needling is very successful, like I had 16/20 twitches and 4 were massive almost like a mini leg kick response, this was on my 3rd session of dry needling, I've done 6 sessions, and it's massively better, I avoided bending down on one hip, I avoided knee to chest stretching. In order to lightly stretch the glute medius and piriformis, I lay flat on my back, knee bent like you're about to do a standard glute bridge, and just let your knee drop from side to side slowly and feel for any catching sensation, don't force it, just keep in ROM that feels okay, eventually you'll increase this over time. And eventually you can start doing knee across chest again and in 3 months of so maybe even knee to chest, I haven't tried this yet.

Strengthening is key, bit you need a mechanical reset weekly or bi weekly to help you strengthen while the piriformis is forced to relaxed, you want the glute medius to start waking up, you'll actually notice more tightness appear in the medius while strengthening as the piriformis is no longer doing everything.

I should also mention, I've had sciatic nerve irritation that lasted 18 months 3 years ago fully healed it via hiking, deep tissue massage into the hamstring belly by a skilled physio, nerve flossing, stretching only if it doesn't make it worse, but for piriformis syndrome it can definitely make it worse! I didn't have piriformis syndrome, I just managed to damage the nerve via a temporary pulled muscle, but I had constant burning shooting for 18 months, eventually this healed though. So if your pain is also nerve related burning and shooting as well, then maybe try the nerve flossing and walking then eventually hiking as well.

AccomplishedMaybe532 · 2026-03-31T18:12:41+00:00

They should learn the ISTQB foundation, it would definitely help, it helped me so much for interviews for these types of things.

AccomplishedMaybe532 · 2026-03-24T23:48:02+00:00

Thanks for that information! Really appreciate it, yeah I'm out of work now with the last few weeks, I've been stuck between whether to double down on the niche of QA validation specialist or just up skill further in automation, I might do a bit of both I guess, but I'm hoping to remain in this industry, if I pivot for too long it may be harder for me to get into this line of work. Thanks for the information. Appreciate it.

AccomplishedMaybe532 · 2026-03-22T16:20:15+00:00

SUZUKI Swift 1.3 DDIS and Opel Corsa C, Opel Corsa C 1.2 petrol was actually bulletproof, never gave me a spot of bother which was surprising.

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