It’s called piriformis syndrome, and the 66-year-old said on The Drew Barrymore Show on January 23 that the pain the condition caused was so bad, she thought she would need to get a hip replacement. MacDowell said she experienced pain that “was shooting down my leg,

According to the Cleveland Clinic, piriformis syndrome causes pain or numbness in a person’s butt, hip or leg. The pain typically occurs when the body’s piriformis muscle presses on the sciatic nerve which results in inflammation.