Sciatic Nerve

[beefcake]

Can anyone recommend any good excercises to do for a person who has a sciatic nerve problem that's bothering them. They heard that strengthening the abdominal area might help take pressure off of it, but is there anything else of benefit?

[Gort]

The pressure is usually due to inflamation. Corticosteroids can reduce the inflamation. Hanging by the feet or knees (decompression) is also good. Exercise would only be usefull if a muscular imballance was affecting the spinal alignment and thus causing the inflamation. If you have a disk problem it's probably a no-go.