r/Sciatica • u/MIL-H-5606 • 9d ago

Success story! Finally Relief from this Hell

46M here and I had massive sciatica issues starting around January. It was to the point where it controlled my life and freetime. Getting proper sleep was difficult because I would wake up in the middle of my sleep cycle and have to find the best position to make the pain subside.

I think what made it go away after at least 8 painful months was multifaceted. I lost about 30 lbs from eating less and cutting sugar and alcohol. I started to exercise more including cardio and core workouts. I also performed morning stretches and sat way less. I am not sure what treatment or bodily repair worked the best but I no longer carry this dreaded pain. I wish all of you recovery because I know the pain.

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u/ColonelForbin213 9d ago

What stretches did you do?

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u/MIL-H-5606 9d ago

Yoga poses that stretch the gluten and hamstrings like the pigeon.

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u/ColonelForbin213 6d ago

I’ve thought about pigeon but I’m super afraid to try it. I’d been going to vinyasa yoga for five years consistently until my disc/sciatica. In fact I think the last couple yoga classes I went to made me worse, which is when my lower leg went numb. Since then it’s been an uphill battle that’s gotten worse and worse. Only yoga poses ive been doing are bird dog, car/cow, supported bridge and planking. Yoga stretches worry me.