Sciatica Exercises

Did you know that most sciatica exercises do not work? They fail miserably and you end up having more pain than you do now. Why?

Read on to find out why relieving sciatica has poor success, a simple way to ease your pain now and the vital step in relieving sciatica you must use.

I know it's an amazing statement to make, that sciatica cures are very poor. Yet the statistics back this up.

The latest statistics point out that if you have pain now, only 25% of you will be pain free in one year. Sure some will heal; faster than that, but that still leaves 75% of you in worse pain or no change from now.

Why are the statistics so poor?

The reason why these results are poor is simple. It is not the techniques people use, but the information they get.

Does this mean you have been mis-led? No, it means you are not listening to the right information. I don't mean there is some secret technique, but the information is what your body tells you.

The biggest reason why people fail to improve long term is you stop is using techniques that help. Pain is only a signal, stopping techniques when the signal disappears means you only have temporary cures.

Your sciatica is caused by 4 main issues - muscle weakness, muscle tightness, joint issues and an imbalanced pelvis.

Your Piriformis muscle is blamed as the major culprit as when it tightens it directly squeezes the sciatic nerve. Which is true as the nerve runs either through the muscle or next to it.

But you should ask - what caused the Piriformis to tighten?

Your body will give you information, it will demonstrate the areas that are out of balance. All you need to do is listen to the information and use it until all the issues have gone, not just the pain signal. More on that soon, but let's first teach a simple technique to ease your sciatica.

A simple sciatica exercise to relieve pain

Sciatica exercise are simple enough, this one targets your Piriformis and helps to ease tension.

All you need to do is sit on the ground with one leg straight and the painful side leg bent with your foot flat on the floor. Pull your foot as close to your buttock as possible.

Then while keeping your back straight, clasp your knee with one or both hands and pull your knee towards your opposite shoulder.

When you feel your sciatic pain, hold this position. The pain should be minor and hopefully just a pulling sensation. Do not pull until you have severe pain.

Then push your knee into your hands restricting the movement away with your hands. Hold this tension for 6 seconds and then relax and take a deep breath in and out.

Repeat this 3 times and you can ease your sciatic tension dramatically. However, this only eases tension and does not remove more than one factor causing your pain.

If you want long term relief then you need to follow a simple step-by-step approach.

Long term relief for sciatica

The above technique may ease your pain now, but you still need to address all the factors causing you pain. Sciatica exercises are an integral part of that but only a part.

You need to stretch the tight muscles, strengthen the weak, and get joints moving and your pelvis balanced. But before you do any of this there is one vital step you must do first.

Before you can start to correct any imbalance you must first find the imbalances. There are four main imbalances that twist you spine and pelvis that need to be assessed.

These imbalances allow the Piriformis muscle to tighten along with the other mechanisms that cause your pain. Once you find these then you can target the areas and remove your pain long-term.

What is the best approach to ease your sciatica?

To get long lasting results you must both remove the symptoms and the cause. First you must identify which spinal imbalances are present, then attack the symptomatic processes. This can be achieved by using many techniques from ice/heat, Acupressure and anti-inflammatory measures. Then you must perform corrective techniques that target the spinal imbalances.

The principles of Spinal Balancing address the both the pain and the root cause of the condition that is responsible for your lower right back pain. Through self assessments, your individual spinal imbalances can be identified, and a targeted corrective program can be developed for your specific needs.

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