Sciatic nerve

[80-85 husky]

anyone who is a coffee aholic and a smoker should NOT  hang upside down...my relo is and last time he bent over to pull a weed from his garden he had a minor stroke and is now partially blind and struggles to enunciate. this is the 5th "minor stroke" he has had...

[TT5 Matt]

John was that back stretcher a traction type stretcher?about 800nm and 0 to 220mm stroke?

[John Orchard]

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Body-Stretching-Device-Lumbar-Spine-Traction-Bed-Cervical-Spine-Therapy-Massage/382441340558?hash=item590b47be8e:g:hd8AAOSwadda2a2x

[VMX247]

Yeah, I'm so tight I have compression seizures lol jimson

throw in a six pack when your up for it and you'll never get Sciatic again.
True believer in core stability and agree on the stretches ie yoga.
Good luck with the rehab Jimson
from over 50's club.

[Barra]

The stretching is good as it helps any tight muscle.

Has anyone tried acupuncture? (not dry needling, that's different)

I just visited an acupuncturist who fixed my tight back muscles in one day! He said with sciatica, the problems are often not in the spine but in the bum muscles. He told me a story of a guy he fixed who still had sciatic nerve pain after 5 years of seeing heaps of specialists and having operations on his spine to ease the nerve. The problem was in his bum.

One of the many things acupuncture can do is release tension deep down in knotted up muscles. From now on before going the massage route I will be giving acupuncture a go, and its a whole lot less painful than deep tissue massage!   

[jimson]

You know its strange, we or see cats and dogs even birds stretching out. But I had to pay $73 to hear I should be doing it.I think its time to be more body aware and maybe mentally aware of my ownself. jimson

[80-85 husky]

remember the ïsometrics" body building muscle works..tensing and releasing muscles..was big before "Gyms"became a word...they are now realising they actually work and are a lot cheaper than "Gyms"..

[suzuki27]

The first time I heard about isometric and isotonic exercises was when I bought a " bull worker" or was it a bullbar ? from mick simmons in bankstown square around 1978. I should have asked for a refund!
My physio says the idea with inversion tables is to not invert more than around 45' and then after about 20 seconds take yourself back to horizontal for the same time before going into the upright/ where you started position. Theory being that you don't need full vert to get the effect of gravity on your spine and the supporting muscles can over react and tighten if you do and also they react better if you give them time to adjust at the horizontal position on the way back up. He said these tables are really popular with jockeys