Treatment for Sciatica:

Practical point:
While is seems counter-intuitive, activity and exercise typically provides more sciatica pain relief than rest.

"The condition usually heals itself if you give it enough time and rest. Tell your doctor how your pain started, where it travels and exactly what it feels like. A physical exam may help pinpoint the irritated nerve root. Your doctor may ask you to squat and rise, walk on your heels and toes or perform a straight leg raising test or other tests."

Physical therapy and exercise
When the sciatica pain is at its worst, patients may need to rest for a day or two, but resting for longer periods of time is usually not advisable. In fact, inactivity will usually make the sciatic pain worse. This is because regular movement and exercise is necessary to nourish the various structures in the low back and encourage the strength needed to support the low back.

"Many sciatica exercises focus on strengthening the abdominal and back muscles in order to give more support for the back. Stretching exercises for sciatica target muscles that cause pain when they are tight and inflexible. When patients engage in a regular program of gentle strengthening and stretching exercises, they can recover more quickly from a flare up of sciatica and can help to prevent future episodes of pain.

Low impact aerobic exercise, such as walking or swimming (or pool therapy) is also usually a component of recovery, as aerobic activity encourages the exchange of fluids and nutrients to help create a better healing environment. Aerobic conditioning also has the added benefit of releasing endorphins, the body’s natural pain killers, which is a natural way to alleviate sciatic pain."

Subhan Allah, I forgot to finish this blog yesterday, khayr... but, after I heard about the sciatica condition I read a lot about it.. now i'm looking for ways of treating it. That's the first one I found... but I'm on it, I really care for your health in sha' Allah.

subHan Allah, other than surgery the best thing to do is just to excercise. Khayr, in sha' Allah... we'll start with this.. -smiles-



lqtm.. I DARE YOU TO DO THIS! LQTM.