June 29th 2009 08:13 pm

Exercises you should know about if you have sciatica

There are several sciatic nerve exercises meant to alleviate sciatic nerve pain. We will now try to help you learn which exercises will suit you best and give you the most relief in the shortest possible time.

Exercise your abdominal muscles

There are a number of exercises that will, forever, protect your sciatic nerve from pain. You will be amazed to hear this and doubt its veracity. Whereas walking around is a great method to sooth your frozen leg or foot, crunches too, are a fantastic method to alleviate the pain of your sciatic nerve. Crunches are famous as an abdominal exercise, and, while doing this exercise, ensure that you do it unhurriedly and do not exaggerate. A little bit of stinging and a slight pain the following day is fine. However, if you consider that this makes the situation worse, this is not you cup of tea. Positive thinking is a must for supporting your sciatic nerve.

Relieving your hips

The following exercise will help lower back pain, which may be caused by Sciatica. It helps stretch your hp flexor. It is not a cardio exercise, so the goal is to lightly stretch instead of working up a sweat. Sit on the floor with feet slightly apart and stretch your arms towards your feet. You do not have to touch your feet if you cannot. Another variation is to stand straight with feet shoulder length apart. Then try to touch the ground with your hands. These stretches should help with the pain from Sciatica.

Stretching your Piriformis muscles

This is also another excellent exercise that you may try when you are hurting with Sciatic nerve pain. One of the muscles involved in this is Piriformis. To perform this exercise you will need to sit in a chair, assuming a straight posture without slouching. You must try and bear the pain if sitting this way makes your backache. It is necessary to do this exercise correctly for it to be effective in giving you relief from pain. When you are seated in the chair as instructed, you must stretch out your legs in front of you as far as possible, with your feet lifted above the ground. Hold this position for 10 seconds. Now you are ready for the next part. Pick up one of your legs and bring it over the other one, crossing it over the other. When you have done this, keep this position and lean forward. If you hear your back pop, you may ignore it as long as it is not too painful. In fact, it might actually help you. Hold this position for a few minutes. Now, holding on to the legs of the chair, allow your body to come back to the upright position and sit up as straight as possible. Hold this position for as long as you are able to. This completes the exercise. Your Piriformis muscles would have been stretched and you would feel all the better for it.

There is a way to quickly alleviate sciatic nerve pain with these specific exercises being conducted for a few minutes on a daily basis.

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