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SCIATICA & BACK PAIN RELIEF EXERCISE #3
1. Stand with your feet about 45cm (18 inches) apart.
2. Slowly rotate your head and shoulders as far as you can to the left. DO NOT TWIST OR TURN RAPIDLY OR fORCE THE MOVEMENT. Stop when you feel tension or pain in the muscles of your neck and/or back.
3. At this point you will have turned somewhere between 90 and 180 degrees and be looking somewhere between to your left and to your rear depending on how supple you are.
4. Hold the position for a few seconds, count slowly 1-2-3-4-5.
THIS IS IMPORTANT.
The hold time gives your brain a clear signal so it can differentiate between your normal muscle tension and maximum achievable muscle tension.
5. Next slowly return to the straight ahead position and then twist to the right hand side (i.e. in the opposite direction) and hold the position again for a few seconds count slowly 1-2-3-4-5.
AND REPEAT
6. Do the exercise for a minute or two, 4 to 5 times a day and you can expect to see relief from most lower and upper back pain.
EXERCISE STANDING OR SITTING
When you do the exercise standing, twist your whole body. This involves the muscles in your hips and legs also.
You can also do the exercise sitting in which case it works best if you clasp your hands together on top of your head. Measure your progress by monitoring how far around you can get your elbow. This version focuses on the neck and shoulder areas.
The aim here is to see as far behind your back as you can. This way you get maximum rotation of both the neckbone and backbone. Repeat this for 5 minutes, but start out doing less if it makes your back pain worse.
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There’s a great article on exercises for Sciatica that I found really helpful at http://www.spine-health.com/topics/conserv/sciaex/sciaex01.html. I like that you emphasize the holding for 5 sec in your post - it makes a big difference!