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Asked for male, 41 years old from Surat
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Sciatica pain is triggered when vertebrae in the spine compress. This stretch helps create space in the spine to relieve pressure on the sciatic nerve.
1.sit on the ground with your legs extended straight out with your feet flexed upward.
2.bend your right knee and place your foot flat on the floor on the outside of your opposite knee.
3.place your left elbow on the outside of your right knee to help you gently turn your body toward the right.
4.hold for 30 seconds and repeat thr...more
1.sit on the ground with your legs extended straight out with your feet flexed upward.
2.bend your right knee and place your foot flat on the floor on the outside of your opposite knee.
3.place your left elbow on the outside of your right knee to help you gently turn your body toward the right.
4.hold for 30 seconds and repeat thr...more
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Asked for male, 33 years old from Gurgaon
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Asked for male, 64 years old from Varanasi
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Asked for female, 46 years old from Malappuram
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Exercise for sciatic nerve pain
sciatica stretch
this simple stretch helps relieve sciatica pain by loosening your gluteal and piriformis muscles, which can become inflamed and press against the sciatic nerve.
1.lie on your back with your legs extended and your feet flexed upward.
2.bend your right leg and clasp your hands around the knee.
3.gently pull your right leg ac
4.ross your body toward your left shoulder. Hold it there for 30 seconds. Remember to pull your knee o...more
sciatica stretch
this simple stretch helps relieve sciatica pain by loosening your gluteal and piriformis muscles, which can become inflamed and press against the sciatic nerve.
1.lie on your back with your legs extended and your feet flexed upward.
2.bend your right leg and clasp your hands around the knee.
3.gently pull your right leg ac
4.ross your body toward your left shoulder. Hold it there for 30 seconds. Remember to pull your knee o...more
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Asked for male, 25 years old from Kurnool
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Hi lybrate-user, don't worry it can be cure easily, if the condition is acute and yours slr test is poitive you can do extention types of exercises only, in chronic case with slr test negative you can switch in to flexion based exercises. Or you can visit near by physiotherapy center ,physiotherapy treatment has been shown to help with pain from sciatica by reducing inflammation and relieving muscle tension. The aim is to relieve the symptoms of sciatica so that you can get back to the activitie...more
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Asked for female, 24 years old from Jaipur
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This simple stretch helps relieve sciatica pain by loosening your gluteal and piriformis muscles, which can become inflamed and press against the sciatic nerve.
1.lie on your back with your legs extended and your feet flexed upward.
2.bend your right leg and clasp your hands around the knee.
3.gently pull your right leg ac
4.ross your body toward your left shoulder. Hold it there for 30 seconds. Remember to pull your knee only as far as it will comfortably go. You should feel a r...more
1.lie on your back with your legs extended and your feet flexed upward.
2.bend your right leg and clasp your hands around the knee.
3.gently pull your right leg ac
4.ross your body toward your left shoulder. Hold it there for 30 seconds. Remember to pull your knee only as far as it will comfortably go. You should feel a r...more
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Asked for male, 28 years old from Bangalore
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This simple stretch helps relieve sciatica pain by loosening your gluteal and piriformis muscles, which can become inflamed and press against the sciatic nerve.
1.lie on your back with your legs extended and your feet flexed upward.
2.bend your right leg and clasp your hands around the knee.
3.gently pull your right leg ac
4.ross your body toward your left shoulder. Hold it there for 30 seconds. Remember to pull your knee only as far as it will comfortably go. You should feel a r...more
1.lie on your back with your legs extended and your feet flexed upward.
2.bend your right leg and clasp your hands around the knee.
3.gently pull your right leg ac
4.ross your body toward your left shoulder. Hold it there for 30 seconds. Remember to pull your knee only as far as it will comfortably go. You should feel a r...more
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Asked for female, 32 years old from Faridkot
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Kindly do exercises that are listed below 2. Standing extension
how it helps – this standing extension helps reverse what you do on a daily basis (hunching)… since most bulging discs and herniated discs are caused by poor posture and repeated flexion of the spine (esp bending fwd in bad posture), this stretch helps push the disc back to neutral position.
How to do it
– begin this exercise by standing up with good posture. Now take both hands and place them on both sides of your lower...more
how it helps – this standing extension helps reverse what you do on a daily basis (hunching)… since most bulging discs and herniated discs are caused by poor posture and repeated flexion of the spine (esp bending fwd in bad posture), this stretch helps push the disc back to neutral position.
How to do it
– begin this exercise by standing up with good posture. Now take both hands and place them on both sides of your lower...more
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