piriformis muscle

Does Physical Therapy Help a Great Deal W/sciatica?

Question by deirdrefaith: Does physical therapy help a great deal w/sciatica? Well, I fell many yrs. ago –slid down on my side on a greasy dining RM floor @ a restaurant. My back never healed properly. Wish I’d gone to a chiropractor right away, but didn’t. HAS ANYONE OUT THERE gone to PT for sciatica, and did it help U a LOT?? OH GOSH I HOPE SO!!! You see, I work on my feet all day long and wondering if some co-workers may think I am “lazy” coz during slow times, I spend 1/3 of the time sitting due to back pain. I have to wear those disposable heating patches all day, and some days they don’t seem to work as well. I want to KNOW if the physical therapy is REALLY gonna help me b4 I start dishing out all that dough. I’ll even combine it w/chiropractic care~but even that doesn’t ALWAYS work like 100%. It stinx. Would love to invest in something as effective as possible. Caring advice pls, thanks? Read more... ...

Physical Therapy Treatments : How to Stretch for Sciatica Nerve Pain

...  Therapy Treatments : How to Stretch for Sciatica Nerve Pain – To stretch for sciatica nerve pain, lay on the floor near a wall for stretches to decrease pressure on the sciatic nerve. Stretch the piriformis muscle for r…   Lives torn apart by failure to do the basics at 14 hospitals … scandal, where as many as 1,200 patients died needlessly amid “appalling” conditions. In February, on the day a public inquiry into Stafford exposed appalling failings, Sir Bruce was asked to review the quality of care and treatment at 14 NHS … Read more on Telegraph.co.uk Read ...