I believe that exercises for sciatica are the only genuine lasting solution.

Drugs don't do anything but mask the problem.

If you really think about it, how is a chemical cocktail going to fix a biomechanical problem. It's just doesn't make sense.

Now don't get me wrong. I do realise that pain killers have their place when you have to get on with life. You gotta do what you gotta do - short term.

Surgery is only treating the symptom.

Keeping in mind that sciatica is a biomechanical problem it might seem like surgery is the way to go, right? No, wrong!

The trouble with surgery is that, apart from being wholly inconsistent in achieving results, it's like trying to study a book by only looking at the page numbers.

You simply can ignore everything else that is going on and just cut a bit here or trim a bit there.

By doing the right exercises for sciatica you can deal with the issue in a way that will be effective and will last.

Here something to try right now!

Get down on the floor and (carefully) put your legs up on a chair.

Your butt should be tight against the chair and your ankles should be a knee height, so you might need to put a cushion under your lower legs.

If you need to you can put a cushion under your head. BUT only if you need to!

Your elbows should be on the floor and the should be below the level of your shoulders (hands on the floor or on your body).

Once you are in this position pay attention if your low back is flat on the floor (it won't be). Breathe from your belly and wait.

Stay there for at least 10 minutes - at least!

In about 80% of cases this will bring the sciatica symptoms right down. 10% of cases won't like this position at all.

If it does light you up STOP! and find a comfortable position.

If this helps, even just a bit, it's telling you that you should be doing a programs of exercises for sciatica.

Question then is, what are you waiting for?

 


Comments

Lillian

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 13:09:55

I got a lot of great sciatica information from these sites:
<a href="http://www.sciatica-treatment.com">http://www.sciatica-treatment.com</a>
and
<a href="http://www.nervesciatic.com">http://www.nervesciatic.com</a>
Hope this helps!

 

Kirsten

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:22:36

The problem of sciatica and nerve damage is one of the most painful things a person can experience. It is great to see blogs like this advising exercise as the best way to treat it. Surgery on the spine just seems so scary to me! My husband suffers from arthritis in the spine and has had 2 cases of sciatica, first radiating down one leg, then a few years later the second leg went. The second time we had no confidence that going to a doctor again would help, we had pills from the first case and knew the best they would offer was surgery. We actually tried something inspired by the MRI he had the first time, he said there had been electro magnetic pulses that had offered some relief for the immediate pain. I have written about what we tried and how it has helped. We are in no position to offer it as medical advice but I wanted to share as there may be people who read and decide to explore the possibilities. If you are interested in our story I would love to invite you to come have a read at
http://hubpages.com/_rl32c0evq8bd/hub/Slipped-disk-Sciatica-Back-Pain

Thanks for the blog!

 



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