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Originally Posted by vwnate1
Ouch .
I have this non & then too, might you have a link to explian the stretches ? .
TIA,
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This site has several I haven’t yet tried, looks promising:
https://facty.com/conditions/sciatica/8-exercises-for-sciatica/3/
My PCP gave me several ways of doing one type of exercise and a couple of others, About midway through this short video are several variations on the main one she encouraged me to use.
https://www.webmd.com/back-pain/video/sciatica-stretches
It’s where you put your ankle or heel on the opposite knee and gently push the knee that’s hanging in the air down towards the floor. You can do it sitting, or on the floor as is shown here. As it’s my right side that’s really feeling it, if I am walking about and the pain is pretty bad, or standing still for some reason (in line somewhere, sometimes that’s the worst) I’ll steady myself with my left hand on something and with my right put my right ankle to my left knee, slightly bent, and push gently backward on the right knee with my right hand.
Especially sitting this is the one position/stretch that always makes the pain go away. I see it as a good sign that it's a good stretch. If it's hurting in bed I'll get on my back, pull the left foot back and put my right foot on my left knee and pull down a bit on the right knee. I've gone to sleep with it like that few times, even while not pulling down on the knee it's a good stretch.
She also showed me the version of that on the vid, where on your back you put the ankle on the knee and pull back on the back of the thigh to further the stretch; and the one where you pull your knee towards your face, neither leg crossed.