Sciatica

A friend of mine didnt want to come to pilates as he has sciatica..just wants to sit there and wait for it to go..ooohhh...wanted to shout "havent you listened to anything Ive said ??!!" but shut my mouth again and held onto my words...so just photocopied stretches from one of my very fave informative books on stretching and popped them in an envelope and put them into his letterbox..sent a text to let him know check them out..told him to read EVERY word and stretch...he did...now hes skipping around..yes!!  so its not for everyone but a simple stretch like a calf stretch can help your sciatica, its all down to nerve tetherings apparantly, just check your form as you stretch, I know it sounds obvious but look at your foot as you stretch it behind you..is the foot straight or is the heel slightly to the left or right, so many dont bother to check, or just check and dont double check & wonder why a stretch isnt being felt.

second stretch was the figure 4..easiest way is to do it seated..crossing one foot onto the other knee and very slowly and slightly lean forward or lie down and have one leg up the wall, bend the knee and place sole of foot flat on wall, your other foot rests on the knee of the leg up the wall..draw the foot on the wall down until you feel a stretch in the outside thigh of the crossed leg...
stretch 30 - 60 secs 2 - 3 times a day ..
its a start and will help enormously..