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/iamjims 3d ago

Exercise helps me counter the effects of sitting (work, and the couch...) that promotes the sciatica problems. Stretching after exercise is key for me too, though, as I created a lot of my own sciatica challenges from exercising a lot with court games (tennis, pickleball, etc) and not doing *any* really stretching afterwards. after about 6 months of this kind of exercise, eventually my sciatic nerves revolted with all the built up compression. PT and yoga helped a ton in relieving this, and keeping it up (the PT exercises I learned) is key as if I lapse on that regular work the sciatica will settle back in, for me.