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Sciatic Exercise sounded like an oxymoron to me at first. But in reality, while bed rest is good for you at the beginning of a sciatica flare up, it will probably worsen your condition if going on too long (more than a day or two). You need to get back to your normal rhythm of life as soon as you can (of course avoiding the strenuous things you did that got you into this mess in the first place). Once your worst pain has simmered down you should seriously consider different types of sciatic exercises, depending on what caused your sciatica pain. What helps for one condition may worsen another. That’s why you should always see a physician before starting exercises to find out when you can start exercising, which exercises to do and how often.

Having said that, I’d like to focus on a particular type of sciatic exercises, which will probably be one of the most beneficial types of treatments for your sciatica pain: warm water exercises. Even though at the beginning of a sciatica flare up it is better to treat with cold rather than heat, once the healing process is underway warm water is very beneficial in a number of ways.

Taking a warm bath helps you to relax, it increases circulation and helps to loose tightened muscles; it also helps speeding up the healing process. It returns mobility to you, since the warmth makes the muscles more pliable. It is a good idea to take a warm bath for a while before starting to exercise (don’t go too long, since your body might overheat).

Now that you are very relaxed you could do some water exercises, which are much easier to do than normal exercises since being suspended in water takes most of the weight off your spine, disks, joints, ligaments and muscles; it also lessens the pain of some of the exercises and the fear of possible pain, which by itself can cause you to tense.

The density of the water will cause your muscles to work harder while at the same time reducing stress for the rest of your body. Even just walking or marching in water can help reduce muscle pain and spasms.

Warm water exercises and water exercises overall are a great starting point for exercises altogether after an acute sciatica flare up and other causes of back pain. Warm water exercises are some of the most beneficial exercises since you get both the reduction of inflammation due to increased circulation and the strengthening of the muscles that you will need to keep your back and sciatica nerve in good health.

In addition to water exercises there is a wide variety to exercises you can work you way up to step by step. But before starting your back exercises (now that you’ve spoken to your physician and know which exercises are for your condition), make sure you always start with 5 minutes of warm up; like taking a short walk or using the exercise bike, or even just march in place.

In the beginning you should probably only do gentle stretching exercises for your back and then bit by bit grow into back and abdominal exercises to build strength. It would probably also be a good idea to add in some low impact aerobic exercises, like swimming. When finding a good balance with all these exercises you use a wide selection of muscle groups and that in turn will help you to prevent future flare ups.

To sum it up: Sciatica and exercises can’t be kept apart if your goal is pain relief and strengthening in the long run. Make sure to speak to a back specialist prior to starting your exercise routine or self-treating your causes and symptoms, just so you can be sure what you are able to and should and shouldn’t do.

Want to find out more about sciatic exercise, then visit Christina Meier’s site on how to choose the best sciatic exercises for your sciatica.

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