The Best Exercises for Sciatica (From La Cañada Chiropractors)
The best (and safest) exercises for sciatica, from doctors who treat it every day at Flintridge Family Chiropractic in La Cañada Flintridge.
If you've Googled "best exercises for sciatica," you've probably seen a dozen conflicting lists. Here's what our doctors actually give patients — and, just as importantly, what we tell them to stop doing.
Sciatica is nerve pain that shoots down the leg, typically triggered by disc, joint, or muscle irritation of the sciatic nerve as it exits the low back.
Rule #1: Move the Stiff Joints, Stabilize the Loose Ones
Most people with sciatica intuitively stretch the area that hurts. The problem is that the painful area is often the unstable segment — it's already moving too much. Stretching it more can make things worse. The area you actually need to work on is usually the joint above or below.
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