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The Top Home Exercises For Sciatica (Part 1)

When undergoing a course of Physical Therapy for sciatica, an efficient recovery includes home exercises that patients must complete in order to have the best chance and reducing pain symptoms and getting better faster.  Studies have shown that skilled Physical Therapy in the clinic in conjunction with a good home exercise program produce the best and most efficient recoveries from back pain due to sciatica. 

So what we’ll do is go through my top home exercises for sciatica that I regularly recommend for all my back pain and sciatica Physical Therapy patients

Sciatica: The Top Sign To Look For

As we’ve continued our series on sciatica, I think it would be a great idea to give you a sense of what to look for.  Not all back pain is created equal, and it would be very helpful to know what to look for when looking for symptoms that might signal sciatica, so that you can communicate this to your Physical Therapist when you go in for your Physical Therapy appointment.

Back To Football With Physical Therapy With ZERO Pain

When back pain hits, it can be very hard to think of what to do first.  All of my Physical Therapy patients display the same feelings of shock, confusion, and depression over not being able to do the things that they were normally accustomed to doing. 

For Jaimele, that was playing football.  As a competitive weekend warrior athlete, his participation in his football league was interrupted by severe back pain due to a fall.

What Is Sciatica: A Definition & Common Causes

Sciatica.  In my experience in Physical Therapy, my patients in Jersey City and Elizabeth have definitely heard the term before, but there is a struggle to really define what it is.  In order to clear up this confusion, I thought it would be a great idea to jump right in and define what sciatica is, plus go into common causes for the condition.