Self-treatment for sciatica pain

Nowadays, many office workers sit in the office all day long. Due to busy work or other reasons, they seldom stand up and walk around. This is very bad and can easily lead to some health problems. Long-term sitting can easily cause sciatica. What should I do if I have sciatica pain? If the symptoms are not serious, people can learn some self-treatment methods. Here we will introduce some self-treatment methods for sciatica, hoping that it will be helpful to people.

1. Use the ankle stretching method to treat sciatica. The patient can sit upright, stretch his legs forward as far as possible, and keep his back straight. Then, press the toes of one foot down, and straighten the toes of the other foot, keeping the ankle bent and the inner thigh muscles tense. Finally, the two feet can be flexed and extended alternately. In addition to treating sciatica, the ankle stretching method can also eliminate muscle spasm pain caused by incorrect posture.

2 Abdominal breathing method to treat sciatica. This method is quite effective in treating sciatica. You can learn the fish pose in yoga, which is lying on your back, closing your eyes, and breathing with your abdomen. While inhaling, use your hands to support your waist, and your calves and thighs should float up at the same time, while your heels, shoulders and head remain on the ground, so that our whole body remains in an arc shape. Then exhale slowly and return to lying on your back. This method can be of great help in the treatment of sciatica.

3. Use double-arm walking method to treat sciatica. It's like a seal walking. First, lie prone, push your upper body up, keep your feet still, and use your arms to walk. Of course, this requires a relatively high arm strength of the patient. However, this method can effectively correct a curved spine. When doing this exercise, we can choose some places that are easy to slide and wear socks to protect the instep of our feet from being injured by friction with the ground, and it can also save effort. This method can also effectively treat sciatica.

What needs to be noted is that patients with sciatica can make good use of self-treatment, and it is best for patients to regularize their lives. Patients must not do strenuous exercise, but can appropriately participate in various sports activities.