Comments on: How can I get relief from my sciatica? http://www.backpainhelp101.com/how-can-i-get-relief-from-my-sciatica/ Back pain help, advice, back pain relief, back exercises Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:06:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: paxicotrader http://www.backpainhelp101.com/how-can-i-get-relief-from-my-sciatica/#comment-1929 paxicotrader Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:06:44 +0000 http://www.backpainhelp101.com/?p=983#comment-1929 For my sciatica, the midwife recommended sitting upright and placing one leg on the other knee and then having someone push down on the leg until you get a good stretch deep where the sciatic nerve runs. It's good to have a helper so you can stay seated with your back as straight as possible while they gently push down on that bent leg. Repeat with the other side. You can also do this exercise alone in bed while you're propped up. Just cross the leg over and push down on it yourself as far as you can while keeping your back straight. It will not make it totally disappear but may alleviate it. I have found also that doing "cat stretches" with my back while on all fours sometimes gets my baby in a different position and that will temporarily take some pressure off the nerve. If you are comfortable with chiropractors, they have treatments for pregnancy related sciatica. I have never tried this route myself and with this third pregnancy my sciatica is only mild. Best of luck with this. I know it can be debilitating sometimes. For my sciatica, the midwife recommended sitting upright and placing one leg on the other knee and then having someone push down on the leg until you get a good stretch deep where the sciatic nerve runs. It’s good to have a helper so you can stay seated with your back as straight as possible while they gently push down on that bent leg. Repeat with the other side. You can also do this exercise alone in bed while you’re propped up. Just cross the leg over and push down on it yourself as far as you can while keeping your back straight.

It will not make it totally disappear but may alleviate it. I have found also that doing "cat stretches" with my back while on all fours sometimes gets my baby in a different position and that will temporarily take some pressure off the nerve.

If you are comfortable with chiropractors, they have treatments for pregnancy related sciatica. I have never tried this route myself and with this third pregnancy my sciatica is only mild.

Best of luck with this. I know it can be debilitating sometimes.

]]> By: momma2mingbu http://www.backpainhelp101.com/how-can-i-get-relief-from-my-sciatica/#comment-1930 momma2mingbu Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:06:44 +0000 http://www.backpainhelp101.com/?p=983#comment-1930 Go get a massage. It helps *SO* much with the aches and pains of pregnancy, helps you learn to relax for labor and will balance your body which will make labor easier. Consider seeing a chiropractor. Get an exercise ball (or birth ball....same thing) and spend time sitting on it every day. It can really help with sciatic pain. Go get a massage. It helps *SO* much with the aches and pains of pregnancy, helps you learn to relax for labor and will balance your body which will make labor easier.

Consider seeing a chiropractor.

Get an exercise ball (or birth ball….same thing) and spend time sitting on it every day. It can really help with sciatic pain.

]]> By: Angel http://www.backpainhelp101.com/how-can-i-get-relief-from-my-sciatica/#comment-1931 Angel Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:06:44 +0000 http://www.backpainhelp101.com/?p=983#comment-1931 Reiki worked wonders for me Reiki worked wonders for me

]]> By: not2nite http://www.backpainhelp101.com/how-can-i-get-relief-from-my-sciatica/#comment-1932 not2nite Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:06:44 +0000 http://www.backpainhelp101.com/?p=983#comment-1932 Sometimes a massage does help, but sometimes it doesn't. Going for a walk in the mornings always seems to help me. The sad thing is, you may just have to deal with it until baby's born. Ask your doc. He will tell you the same thing. Sometimes a massage does help, but sometimes it doesn’t. Going for a walk in the mornings always seems to help me. The sad thing is, you may just have to deal with it until baby’s born. Ask your doc. He will tell you the same thing.

]]> By: Fanmail http://www.backpainhelp101.com/how-can-i-get-relief-from-my-sciatica/#comment-1933 Fanmail Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:06:44 +0000 http://www.backpainhelp101.com/?p=983#comment-1933 Oh Toots, I really do feel for you. I have Sciatica, but I'm a dude, and don't have to worry about taking pain relievers like a pregnant woman. I normally have a couple shots of black Velvet before bed to help with the pain... Have you tried a heating pad on the backs of your legs? Oh Toots, I really do feel for you. I have Sciatica, but I’m a dude, and don’t have to worry about taking pain relievers like a pregnant woman. I normally have a couple shots of black Velvet before bed to help with the pain… Have you tried a heating pad on the backs of your legs?

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