My Sciatica and Yoga
February 24, 2022
My first bout of sciatica 10 years ago floored me. It felt like a knife had been plunged into my right buttock and dragged down my leg. I couldn’t sleep, I couldn’t walk without a stick and I certainly could not think about anything else. Packets of anti-inflammatories, ice and Panadeine forte turned the dagger into a butter knife, but I was still aware of it. It turned out that a tight piriformis muscle that was entrapping the sciatic nerve in the buttock was to blame. The direct pressure of sitting on a golf ball gave great relief by releasing the piriformis muscle but I needed some preventive strategies. This is where yoga came in.
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