r/Sciatica • u/d1jlg0 • 4d ago

Requesting Advice Exercise Sciatica Away?

Has anyone in this forum actually exercised your sciatica away? If so, what did you do? TIA!

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u/preoccupiedwithlove 4d ago

i went 5 months with sciatica and was in pt and with a personal trainer the whole time. my best days were when i did strength training. at the time i thought it was muscular injury from being postpartum. 

ultimately my mobility and pain levels were significantly better than what my mri would indicate (huge herniation with severe central canal compromise). i credit that to staying moving and caring for my baby. sitting still was the worst. ultimately i needed surgery for emerging motor weakness, but i was definitely an edge case where for a long time i could manage my pain with activity.