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Soaking in warm water helps you to relax, increases the circulation and helps loosening up tightened muscles; it also helps speeding up the healing process.  It returns some mobility to you, since the warmth makes the muscles more pliable.  It is a good idea to soak in warm water for a while before starting to do sciatica pain exercises (don’t go too long, so your body won’t overheat).

Now that you are nicely relaxed you could do some water exercises, which will be much easier to do than regular sciatic pain exercises since being suspended in water takes most of the pressure of your spine, disks, joints, ligaments and muscles; it also lessens the pain of some of the exercises and the fear of pain, which in itself can cause you to tense up.

The resistance of the water will make your muscles work harder while at the same time reducing impact and stress for the rest of your body.  Even just walking or marching in water can help reduce muscle spasms and pain.

Warm water exercises and water exercises in general are a good starting point for sciatica exercises altogether after an acute sciatica flare up and many other causes of back pain.  Warm water exercises are some of the most beneficial exercises since they combine the reduction of inflammation due to increased circulation and the strengthening of the muscles that you will need to keep your back and sciatica nerve in good health.

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Aside from water exercises there are all kinds of other exercises you can gradually “grow into”, but before doing any kind of exercises (now that you have consulted your physician and know which exercises to perform), always start with a warm up routine for at least 5 minutes.  That could be a short walk, even walking in place or the use of an exercise bike.

In the beginning you will probably only be doing gentle back stretching exercises and then gradually extend into back and abdomen strength building and balancing exercises.  You should also add some low impact aerobics to your routine at some point.  If you find a good balance of all these exercises you will use a wide variety of muscle groups, which in turn will assure the prevention of future flare ups.

So in short:  Sciatica and sciatic exercises belong together, if you want to see long term relief from your painful sciatica symptoms.  Always consult your back specialist before starting to exercise or self-treat your symptoms and causes, so you know for sure what you can, should and shouldn’t do.

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Now one word of advice, especially when it comes to nerves and spine and such:  See your doctor to make sure what causes your sciatica pain before starting any kind of sciatica exercise, because exercises for sciatic nerve pain that may get you great relief for one cause of sciatica pain may aggravate another cause.  So know what you are dealing with, before you actively go about the dealing part.

Going consciously about the way you move, carry, sit, lie down, get up etc. needs to become part of your life style; and so do the regular exercises for sciatica.  Learn the right techniques to lifting and maintaining good posture.  Always have your lower back supported when sitting and avoid prolonged periods of time standing up, and when you have to, do it right, shifting from foot to foot periodically and trying to keep one foot a little elevated on a box or such.

Start a regular routine of exercises only after consulting you back specialist, so you’ll do the ones that’ll actually do you some good and won’t make you worse.

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