Can You Really Stetch Away that Sciatic Pain?

You will be relieved to know that the answer is YES! However, there is just a little catch. You have to know which sciatica exercises are right for your specific condition. There are a handful of generic streches for sciatica that most people use. Doctors or therapists will usually give you a chart with a handful of stretching positions for your lower back, legs, and sciatic nerve.

Have you seen the stretching exercise in the picture above? This is one of the generic lower back pain / sciatica stretches I mentioned above. It is a good stretch but if no two peoples bodies are the same, how can they recommend the same stretches for everyone. In fact, doing the wrong stretches might actually make the pain worse.

In order to truly stretch away your sciatic pain you need to identify which muscles are out of balance and then use the appropriate stretches to loosen those particular muscles.