Sciatic nerve pain can be maddening. You work hard all day. Answer hundreds of emails, and work yourself to death. At the end of the day you drive home and there is this thrusting pain from your lower back down to your knee. What the heck is going on!?
Nearly 40% of the population will get sciatica, or irritation of the sciatic nerve. at some point in their life. Anything that puts pressure on or irritates this nerve can cause pain that shoots down that back of one buttock or thigh. Pain may be made worse by prolonged sitting, standing up, coughing, sneezing, twisting, lifting, or straining. Treatment for sciatic pain ranges from hot and cold packs and medications to exercises. Exercise is where we will focus because anyone can do these exercises at home and see remarkable results (Ratini 2012).
Strengthening our core muscles helps ease the pain of sciatica. You will find that even the simplest exercises will help us relieve sciatic pain. Try these three strength training exercises. Hold each for 90 seconds.
1) Wall Sit
2) Plank on forearms
3) Leg lift (Legs straight, knees straight, heels directly above hips, back flat on ground
A regular routine of hamstring exercises can benefit most types of sciatica. Try to hold the hamstring stretch for at least 30 seconds.
Here is a video with three GREAT exercises to help sciatic pain.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htgyPKNHUls
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