Five Tips for Sciatic Nerve Exercise Success
If you’re ready to finally alleviate your sciatic nerve problems, it is time to consider a regimen of sciatic nerve exercises. There are several very important things you need to know before you begin. Just follow these five tips to get started with your successful sciatic nerve exercises regimen.
1. One of the most important factors to consider when you start to do exercises for sciatica is to make sure that you consult with a doctor or other appropriate professional to find out what your specific issues are that are causing your back pain. The reason that this is so terribly important is so that you can avoid stretching the wrong way and making your situation worse. Also, you want to make sure if your back pains are really related to sciatic nerve problems. Although it is rare, sciatic pain can sometimes be caused by more serious medical conditions that might require more immediate medical attention, such as an infection or tumor.
2. Another important consideration before starting sciatic nerve exercises is to understand that there are several different conditions that could have caused your sciatica problems and consequently there are different kinds of exercises and stretches for each corresponding sciatic nerve problem. If you make sure that you are properly stretching the effected muscles, then you’ll be fine.
3. It is also very important to fully understand what 
the sciatic nerve is and to learn the causes of sciatic nerve problems. The sciatic nerve, as defined by Answers.com, is “a sensory and motor nerve originating in the sacral plexus and running through the pelvis and upper leg”. Sciatica is a pain or discomfort in the lower portion of the back and spinal column due to the compression of the sciatic nerves. This pain does not always persist permanently, although in some serious cases it does, but predominantly persists for a period of time causing severe pain during it’s existence.
4. Contrary to the common misconception that bed rest is the best thing for your sciatic nerve pain, now days doctors and physical therapists actually recommend stretching and strengthening exercises that target specific muscles of the lower back, abdomen, thighs and hamstrings as the best sciatic nerve treatment.
5. Most of the exercises recommended for sciatic nerve treatment have common factors. Generally speaking, all exercises requiring bending forward to flex the lower spine helping to clear and expand the spinal passages by stabilizing the lower spine which in turn allows for the condition to heal.
Another series of exercises often prescribed are ones that call for a backward bending motion, also known as extension exercises, or press ups, that help ease the pain by moving and stretching the muscles in the lower extremities upwards into the lower back.
Another strengthening exercise for sciatica pain consists of lying on your back and pushing the lower back to the floor by tightening the lower stomach muscles and then sucking your belly button in and up and then holding that position for 10 seconds or more.
So if you really want to engage in a truly effective sciatic nerve exercise regimen, follow these tips and most importantly, consult with your doctor or physical therapist to confirm that you do have sciatic nerve problems and not some other more serious problem and have them prescribe appropriate exercises for your specific sciatica nerve pain relief.
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I have suffered with Sciatica for years, never knowing when it would hit and if I got a pinched nerve, I was on my knees in pain. I used to do some stretching but didn’t know the proper way and techniques. Thanks for putting up these valuable resources. I am bookmarking this site!
Wow… I had no idea. This is a very informative post, thanks for the info.
My nerve has been bothering me for 3 years. It has become almost dibaliting at times. It is my right side so driving is almost impossible without extreme pain. I stand on concrete floors at work for 8 hours a day and must wear steel toe shoes. Any advice?
Stepheni – I can relate to the debilitating pain. I have suffered with sciatic nerve pain for almost 15 years. What I would suggest first is to check with your doctor to make sure your pain is not something much more serious such as a herniated disk. You might also want to see a good chiropractor to see if he can help with any spinal alignment issues you may have. I know it is hard to do when you are in such pain, but I found that with my sciatic pain, that exercises really did help, in fact I have been virtually pain free for the last 8 months. I created this site after trying to do research myself and decided to try to make what I found available to everyone, so feel free to look around. I have also tried to add helpful videos that I have come across.
Another thing I would suggest is that you get the free book called “The 7-Day Back Pain Cure”. There is a picture and link to it near the top of this site. It is written by a back pain expert by the name of Jesse Cannone and really is free. You just pay $4.95 for shipping costs, but they actually turn around and donate $5 to one of three charities that you can choose from. This book has been very helpful in helping eliminate my back pain. It goes into causes of back pain and discusses several effective treatment options.
As far as you having to stand on concrete floors all day in steel toe shoes, you might want to look into a lightweight back brace and some special orthopedic shoe inserts. I used to have to wear a brace under my shirt when I was in so much pain that I could not stand up straight. It does not really resolve any of the causes, but it does help support your lower back.
I hope you are able to become pain free.
Ken
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