Andie MacDowell, 66, diagnosed with painful neuromuscular disorder

Andie MacDowell is battling a achy neuromuscular disorder.

"I person piriformis syndrome, truthful it's a musculus that benignant of clamps down connected my sciatic nerve, and it was shooting down my leg," MacDowell shared connected "The Drew Barrymore Show."

"I thought I was going to person hep replacement — convey God, my hips are fine," she remarked.

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Andie MacDowell has been diagnosed with a achy neuromuscular upset called piriformis syndrome. (Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for Hallmark Media)

Piriformis syndrome occurs erstwhile your piriformis musculus compresses your sciatic nervus and results successful inflammation. It tin origin symptom oregon numbness successful your buttock and down the backmost of your leg. It tin hap connected 1 broadside of your assemblage oregon both, according to the Cleveland Clinic. 

The 66-year-old histrion added that she practiced regular exercises to mitigate any pain. 

"I person to enactment my tiny small bottommost and my hips. I person to enactment the bottommost and enactment my hip. I conscionable bash it each day… it doesn’t wounded anymore… it’s a miracle," said MacDowell.

"I person piriformis syndrome, truthful it's a musculus that benignant of clamps down connected my sciatic nerve, and it was shooting down my leg."

During her appearance, MacDowell made a susceptible admittance astir her health, saying she thought she was "literally falling apart" aft she started riding her indoor motorcycle "like a brainsick person."

During her quality connected "The Drew Barrymore Show," MacDowell said she thought she was "literally falling apart." (Kate Green/Getty Images)

"It's not due for my body, and I ended up with atrocious knees… a atrocious hip," she explained. 

"The bully quality is my pieces are fine," MacDowell said. "My knees are bully except for aging. They've aged."

She continued, "I deliberation arsenic you age… assistance weights, enactment with a [personal trainer] PT idiosyncratic to physique your muscles." 

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The "Groundhog Day" alum shared that she near Hollywood for a simpler beingness successful South Carolina. (Kristy Sparow/Getty Images)

The "Groundhog Day" alum additionally shared that she left Hollywood for a simpler beingness successful South Carolina.

During her interview, MacDowell touched connected however she’s coped with her children increasing older and moving out.

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Macdowell poses for a photograph with 1 of her daughters, Margaret Qualley. (Emma McIntyre/Getty Images)

"Everything changes, it’s a hard shift," she confessed. "You perceive astir however a batch of mothers… are happy… they’re free… I didn’t person that feeling, I inactive don’t person that feeling. I’ve had to enactment truly hard connected my independence."

The "St. Elmo’s Fire" histrion shares 3 children with her ex-husband, Paul Qualley — daughters Margaret and Rainey, on with their lad Justin. Both daughters person followed successful their mom’s acting footsteps.

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