Choose A Sciatica Physical Therapy Exercise According To The Cause Of Your Sciatic Problem
You need to choose your sciatica physical therapy exercise based on the causes of your sciatica problem, which can often occur due to spinal stenosis or a herniated disc, though each condition is distinct from the other and therefore needs different sciatica physical therapy exercise to help alleviate the pain that is known to occur in the foot, thigh, leg and buttocks or even in the lower back.
Exercise For Herniated Disc
If you are suffering from a herniated disc, you would need to choose a sciatica physical therapy exercise that helps relieve the symptoms and which moves the pain as well as symptoms from the lower extremities up into the lower back. Thus, the best sciatica physical therapy exercise for this particular condition would be doing press-ups or even extension exercises.
To perform push-ups or extension exercises, you would need to lie on your stomach and prop your upper body with your elbows while also ensuring that your hips remain on the floor and then you must hold this position for five seconds (in the beginning) and work it till you are able to do about half a minute. Once you have achieved this level of sciatica physical therapy exercise, your therapist may ask you to hold up your upper body with your hands while keeping the arms straight. However, in this exercise, you need to only hold the position for a second though it must be repeated ten times and the exercise must be performed every couple of hours or so.
If, however, you are suffering from sciatica that is the result of having spinal stenosis, then you need to do sciatica physical therapy exercise in which stretching is required. In such exercises, you need to lie on your back and pull your knees to your chest until you achieve a comfortable stretch, and you then need to hold this position for about half a minute after which you can return to the starting position, and then repeat it for as many as six times per session.
There is also a strengthening exercise that is particularly useful for sciatic pain in which you need to lie on your back and push the lower back on the floor through tightening up your lower stomach muscles and pulling your belly button in as well as up for about ten seconds, and you need to repeat this exercise ten times in a session in order to get the best results.
There are however, a great many more sciatica physical therapy exercises for you to choose that mostly still require you to stretch or strengthen your body, and they will each provide you with much needed relief from your sciatic pain, and if you need to know more about other suitable sciatica physical therapy exercises, you just need to ask your physical therapist or a spinal specialist or even a chiropractor.
