sciatica relief remedies?

[ReinaMarie01]

Anyone know what i can do to releive this sciatica pain???

[bonitagirl747]

Oh yeah! I totally forgot about swimming! It feels great, your weightless and it's amazing. I did massage but be careful, I had one when I had bad sciatic pain and she used too much pressure, I thought I was gonna die afterwards. I had one recently with sciatic pain and it relaxed me but did not help at all with pain. I'm sure the prenatal type of massage makes a difference. I've gotten better results with chiropractic and physical therapy than massage personally. I'd save the massage for when you really just want to relax and can enjoy it afterwards. I hope it's gotten better! I know how miserable it can be :/

[lenah26]

A professional therapeutic massage could probably help.

[ReinaMarie01]

I would LIVE in the pool if I could. It is seriously my single fav place lately, it keeps me cool and weightless... ++ in my book.

[1978mama]

Swimming is soooooo helpful. Takes all the pressure off your body. Yoga & stretching help a lot too.

[ShannyO]

I totally agree! I got my 1st sciatic nerve pain at 25 weeks & I'm 32 weeks now. ICE, ICE, ICE! Ice will help tremendously. I also went to the chiropractor weekly. Walking is helpful just take smaller steps & don't stick your butt out when you walk. :) Keep that puppy kinda tucked in & comfortable to reduce strain. When you sit, I suggest having a good lumbar support to help you keep better posture & DON'T cross you legs when you sit. I had a horrible habit of doing that until I realized it made pain much worse. One position that I found comfortable was to lean forward over a table or desk & let my head dangle. I would gently sway side to side. It just gave me a little relief after sitting.
Good luck! I hope you find relief soon!

[brimorais]

If you can try to look for some yoga for pregnancy or pilates classes. Im doing pilates and its amazing how much it helps me.

[ReinaMarie01]

Thanks so much... walikng is a challenge, but I almost cant stand the idea of being sedentary even more.... I will try walking and ice..

[bonitagirl747]

Anytime I walked I followed up with 15-20 min of ice, that helped a lot

[bonitagirl747]

Ice, lots of ice. And as long as you don't have back spasms when you walk, then walk at least 15-20 min once or twice a day. I just went through this and after sitting/laying around in pain I made my self walk and even though it hurts it helped release some of the tightness in my back. I also contacted my doctor and went to physical therapy and they gave me some exercises to do. I'm all better after two weeks in pain :)