How Sitting Causes Sciatica & How to Stop It NOW. (Products & Tips)
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
- "Famous" Physical Therapists Bob Schrupp and Brad Heineck demonstrate how sitting can cause sciatica and how to stop it NOW.
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Such a catch 22, standing more than 5 minutes gets to be excruciating, sitting relieves the pain, but is causing the damage
I agree
You find standing painful too? Even walking? In good shoes standing was my only option.
I'd be a liar if I said it isn't so hopeless that I spend half my waking life contemplating suicide
@@barefootjakejake7765 🙏 I hope your pain goes away . Mine is worse but I had imagined it would ease up - I think my couch and my cleaning / chores / bending / lifting - everything- caused mine .
@@barefootjakejake7765 I feel ya, brother. I've been in the same dark space for the past few months. Keep moving, and it will get better. I was basically bed-ridden for a few weeks. Finally, the right combination of meds and therapy got me semi-mobile again... And the pain is slowly receding.
Your best days are still ahead of you. Keep the faith. One day, when we're pain free, we'll look back and appreciate the mobility we have.
So I just stumbled upon this two days ago… I followed your advice about using a towel roll to keep my lower back straight. Life changing man… I appreciate that you guys are out here!
Has ur leg pain gone?
I drive for a living. Long stretches without breaks. I've had compression fractures in L4 and L5 and have lumbar and cervical stenosis. I'm dying lately. Hoping to find some solutions. Love your videos.
I'm just so grateful to physical therapists like you guys. I don't know a single person that hasn't benefited from knowing a physical therapist.
I don't know how to thank you. Finally I feel painfree. What you are doing here is wonderful!
I use a rolled up sock 🧦 and place it under my back and experiment with various spots while I lay on the carpet on my back . Ice helps - advil helps - car and couch seem the worst .
Because of your educational video, I realize now that the source of my pain is coming from how I sit at work. Thank you for helping me feel better immediately!
I first iced my back then took a hot shower and arched my back forward with water as hot as I could stand it for 5 minutes and this worked great to loosen up the muscles and relieve the pressure on the sciatica nerve. I had immediate permanent relief. Probably won't work this well for everybody but did for me.
Finally, I understand bulging discs. No more traditional situps!
I am a truck driver and literally have no choice but to sit for TEN hours every day, and with added bumps and vibrations from the poor quality roads in this country. After years of this lifestlye, I have developed severe sciatica pain issues, chiropractic care fixed it temporarily, but I cant just make chiropractor visits a permanent part of my life. I drive with a heating pad on my lower back, thats the only thing that relieves the pain enough for me to work. My left leg does get numb, so I just rest that foot on a small box. My sciatica pain has been going on almost a year now. It definitely dampens everyday life😔 These videos have helped a lot though, and I thank you for that.
Sitting with 'correct' posture for lengthy periods is obviously beneficial to the spine, but make sure to stretch out in the reverse position, or, like me, you might find your mobility becomes, over time, quite limited. And to sit like this, you'll need your keyboard right up close towards you so that you're not tempted to slump towards it, which could create curvature of the upper thoracic spine - let's face it, we're not designed to sit at a desk for 8hrs a day! I reckon our forefathers suffered less than we do, by doing intensive manual work.
They also call intensive work back breaking and our ancestors didn’t live as long so they probably didn’t have to experience the back giving way as much. Too much of anything is bad. I can’t imagine my back after bending over for hours washing clothes by hand or picking rice LOl
@@WokOverEasy i rather do that then bend over and install tile lol
I do manual labour and everyone in the trade is sore lmao
When I was young I remember thinking that I should become athletic because athletes were in great shape and never in pain. Of course I found out htat athletes are ALWAYS in pain, and part of hte process is dealing with pain.
As far as sitting goes, there are good youtubes on squatting. Ever go to a third world country? They 'sit' like that all day. Quads of iron. I know some dentists without borders, they went tot he mountains of afghanistan and did dental work with NO anaesthetic and said those guys never blinked. Yeah, our overweight and under muscled population is just geared for survival!
The healthiest people are those with CONTROL of how they work. Sitting at a desk all day, definitely is going to hurt you. Of course some workers in the past had it much worse than others.
My sciatica became bad now with all the home confinement and too much sitting. I’m no spring chicken either. I am laying on my side as I write this. I’ll keep looking at your videos. Thanks.
Love, love, love you guys! You always explain things so well and have the best remedies to help us feel better! Thank you for being the BEST PT's on the Internet - in my opinion!
You guys have been amazingly helpful. I developed Sciatica about 2 weeks ago, after the first few days I started watching your videos. I wasn't able to stand remotely straight at all, like I was hunched over entirely, I worked on my posture per your guys advice and after a day I was able to stand up straight. The next day I was back to walking straight up. It's gotten so much better, I still feel pains in my leg, but I'm just trying to make a point of it to make sure I got good posture (I bought a few tools, like a lumbar roll for my car, one for my seat at work, and a posture supporter over my shirt that I wear around the house). I started mixing in stretches and I'm back to my normal life, minus I have to sit down after about 3 minutes of walking, but still, it's light years beyond being bed ridden like I was for the first 5 days.
The feeling of pain isn't really in my lower back, it's mostly in my leg... the calf, hamstring, and foot. Any additional advice you can give?
Jiggity Jack are you fine now?
@@ech07as That was my old account but the sciatica has been gone largely for 5 years. It only slightly comes back if I get lazy on stretching or exercising, but if I get back into it again, it ends up staying away.
It is so thoughtful that you try to help ppl. I'm sure that alot of ppl appreciate it more than they can express!!! Thank you for posting!!!
These guys are great and crack me up! I have learned more from them regarding my sciatica than I did from my own PT.
Definitely worth tuning in to and I have referred to several others who agree.
My sciatic pain is on my right , but the pain goes down to my knee & shin. Standing or walking makes it worse & have to sit .
I save your videos and use them instead of going to PT. You two are awesome!!!
Thank you so much! Glad that we could help :)
Wow!! I'm a decorative painter and sit a lot... I just shoved my roll of Viva paper towels behind my back (it was handy!) and my back feels great!! THANK YOU for this fabulous video! xox
I saw your video on exercise for this and I did the 2 pillow and went down to one pillow and the next day I was feeling great and stayed up on my feet most of the day.. thank you
You are a great team, you give all health advice to all people, around the world.
I love these guys.
They're so informative and have humor thrown in. They're the total package!
The NADA Chair, I love it! I’ve had mine since the 1980s. It’s wonderful!
Thanks! Had never heard of it, checked it out thanks to you, ordered it!
I have just put a cushion behind my back seems to be helping at the moment.
Thank you guys for your help.
if you are me, we gotta find something to hang on that is sturdy, been standing at desk which opens up a huge new world, many new challenges lots of progress, we got this keep on going with inner connectedness and respect for the outer world as the goal.
I just Love you guys! Thank you much contribution! Keep doing what you're doing! Subscribed!
I see every one of your episodes because I have low back pain due to muscle degeneration of the spine , and recently I have been experiencing sciatica like pain - excruciating pain ! But the excercises you showed really helped me !
How about some chair stretches that can be done in the office setting? Thanks!
It would be helpful to list the products you are talking aboutvwith links to purchase
Just found you guys last week. Love you! I feel like I have a free PT at my beck and call. 😻
I have Spina Bifida/ Hydocephalus a use a wheelchair 24/7 which means I am SITTING all the time when not in bed , my MAIN PROBLEM is basically my RIGHT SIDE , although I am sitting , I can NO LONGER BEND my leg from the HIP like I used to plus my KNEE feels TIGHT and it HURTS by the way I live in ENGLAND and have CARERS 4 times a day I am wondering what you can suggest ?
It hurts more when standing
You are not alone, we can beat this thing.
May I ask, so is sitting in the classical "lotus" yoga pose actually stressing the back?
You guys are so kind ❤ thank you
What about those lower back support wraps, have strips that go on each side of the spine and an elastic strap that Velcro around the abdomen? Slightly different from the nada. The one I have is called old bones.
My sciatica is focused to the right of my tailbone. It usually doesn't travel down my leg. Do you have exercises/stretches for that?
Who else corrected their posture while watching this video? :)
Sciatica back pain. Question. Sir is it normal when you have sciatica it response to your testicles please advise me thank you
Did they answer your question?
Lol me!!!!
Me
I just stand up
Bob and Brad Im a 40 year male with chronic sciatica in my tailbone region that radiates throughout my buttocks when Im sitting and even just standing and walking. This condition is related to the piriformis syndrome on my left side. What stretching exercising do you recommend to relieve the sciatica and piriformis muscle pain?
Were you able to fix your sciatica ?
I bought 2 stadium seats to watch the Cardinals at ASU stadium years ago. Also used them at Spring training when sitting in the bleachers. Definitely need that back support when sitting at a game for 3 hours.
Thanks for what you doing.
I get my sciatic pain after both prolonged sitting AND standing - And hilariously my job requires prolonged periods of both... I constantly have to get up and down. And tips for helping the pain when I do need to stand for ages?
Shill Keeler got the same problem. At start I thought walking long distances would help, but that actually triggered the nerve pain. I need to shift between sitting, standing/walking and lying down all the time. How is your pain now. Any improvement ?
Widen your stance very much any standing,doing dishes etc. Mine so bad feel I'm being tortured!!! Wide stance my mAin relief now. Bless You & great healing!
Same here, the thing is though i used to lean towards the front of the chair while sitting until today that I watched this video. Doctor wasn’t helpful at all, but they did send me a bill. Thats why i love RUclips, it gives you all the information you need on anything and it won’t cost you a penny
I'm having a terrible time with sciatica pain in my leg. When I first get up in the morning I'm ok until I sit and within a short time of sitting I get pain down my leg when I try to walk and the pain doesn't go away easily at all. I have tried sitting up straight when I'm at my desk but after awhile my back hurts so bad I have to lean back for awhile to relieve the pain. I also have to sit on a padded chair as any kind of hard surface hurts my back to sit on. I also get pain from standing too long. I'm going to give the towel roll a try and see if that helps. Thanks for the videos.
Same!!!! Its hell
Hey guys. Thanks for everything u do. Been having problems sitting for almost a year now. It gets uncomfortable/painful after 15 mins or so. I can tolerate the pain but if I sit at a restaurant one day, the next few days are rough and sometimes cause a bad flare up and throw out my back completely. Been working w a McKenzie therapist for many years to deal with my back issues. The therapy has always helped but it only seems to help so much this past year. Can't seem to return to my "normal" life. I basically avoid sitting at all costs now. Even for meals I'll stand. Any ideas or suggestions?? Been told my next attempt at relief should be a spinal injection but to be honest I'm concerned of the risk/reward ratio in trying those. Thanks again. Go Packers!! Sorry Bob 😃
I'd like to know if you find any relief. I'm having trouble sitting, too. Still not sure if I have sciatica.
@@L.Spencer same here... Pls do reply.
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Anything help?
Quick update for anyone wondering: Been trying stem cell & PRP injections which have helped but only for a few months at a time from what I can tell. About a year ago I tried a radio frequency ablation on my lower back. The basic explanation of that is they burn some nerves so you won't actually feel the pain. The nerves do grow back at some point between 6-18 months. At least that's what I remember the doctor telling me. Last September I had the RFA done and had some relief but I wasn't satisfied. So a few months later in January I started a round of stem cell injections. After that is when I felt the most relief. I was able to sit for much longer than I remember. I still wasn't 100% but I don't think I'll ever be after suffering for so long. I was doing really well compared to before. Then in May I had a really bad episode that had me stuck in bed for a few days. I could tell a few weeks before that I was gradually starting to feel worse again. Spoke to my doctor and he suspected my nerves were growing back already. Started the whole process with my insurance again and just had another RFA procedure done 2-3 weeks ago. It can take about a month for the nerves to fiully die off but I am already starting to feel a difference. I'll slowly start sitting more again in the next few weeks to see where I'm at. My plan is to see how much the RFA alone can help before I consider more stem cell injections. The RFA is covered by my insurance but the stem cells are not. It's frustrating but maybe one day they'll come around. Hope everyone out there finds some relief one way or another. I continue to go to a McKenzie therapist but it's more for "maintenance" at this point. Ultrasound treatment and massages. If anyone has any follow up questions I'll be glad to reply as soon as I see them. This is always going to be a work in progress but I'm hoping this treatment can help me avoid any kind of surgery for a long time. Hang in there and take care.
BINGO, guys! That’s exactly what I have...I love to follow your videos every morning, I must follow your exercises....LOVE from Switzerland 🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭♥️♥️♥️
What if your sciatica is so bad you can’t walk or stand for long periods of time, would you still recommend walking? Thanks guys
Hlo how are you now??can u stand or walk is ua sciatica gone?? Pls rply me cz i can't stand or walk for long periods itz Soo painful 😭😭😭
You guys are great! London. 🇬🇧
What if your spine is arched inwards rather than outwards? Am I sitting too straight? What would cause the sciatica then?
I cracked my tail bone in a toboggan accident 55 years ago, when I was 18 and have stenosis in the Sacroiliac joint . Have always had sciatic problems.
Hello Is there any thing that has helped. I had stenosis when I had a bicycle injury at the age of 20 now am 28 and developed sciatica Disc degenerative disease at multiple levels and varicose veins. Any help would be a blessing.
Excellent video again, love you guys.
I've used the Back Joy support seat. Got it from QVC, and have one for home and car.
Are there any supplements that help heal or even keep discs healthy?
Do you guys have any advice for people who drive all day? That spend hours in a car driving 6-8 hours? I would really appreciate some advice to help my back and legs feel better.
This is glorious, been searching for "sciatica hanging stretch" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Ever heard of - Venayden Wanillian Method - (Have a quick look on google cant remember the place now ) ? Ive heard some decent things about it and my mate got excellent results with it.
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Video 2 I pressed the send button by mistake. I just made an app to have the procedure done a month from now. That being said your stretches work 99 percent.
You both are great and funny not condescending. I had a chiropractor tell me the medications I’m on are causing the problem!
I love your music
I cant win sit too long get chronic pain in hips and buttocks stand too long pain in hips lower back and legs.had X rays MRI scans all just came back with mild disc degerative disease no impingement. No idea how to get rid of constant pain & stiffness
Okay we one for how to stand when working.
Here's a couple videos you could try:
ruclips.net/video/aW0xXCNDn_o/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/yyaVzfk0BOU/видео.html
Best of luck!
After numerous episodes of long lasting leg pain, I concluded that a normal chair is not for me. Since I started sitting on a stool at work, I no longer have problems with sciatica. It is not comfortable but it helps. An interesting this is that drivind even for long periods of time does not cause my sciatica to flare up. Maybe I should try to convert a car seat into an office chair.
How to take out and keep stuff in lower part of fridge...with sciatica?
Sitting and laying on my back provide relief
Where is the name or link for this product. You do these helpful videos and leave the viewer guessing as to where to buy devices? No links. No names on some????
Hello I have sciatica nerve pain when I get up from sitting and I would like to get some advice on stretches or something I can do to relieve the pain
Lumbar spine support which is what is your favorite???
You guys are good at what you do and very funny.thank you
What if walking bexomes too painful and you're stuck slouching forward and can't stand up straight from nerve pain. Any tips ?
Adrian Segovia try to stand with one feet..and stretch out the other leg like exercising it ..open and close it ..then try to walk ..and do it again when you feel pain
Nice guys, the only thing that is a problem is the AUDIO, I don’t know what happens, barely can’t hear you, and is interested in everything, please can you do something, but very good I like it
What about the Makenzie Lumbar Roll?
What if someone can't stand standing or walking or laying down on either back or stomach? The only position during the day is sitting with that pillow under the lumbar spine and hanging from the bar to decompress discs from time to time.
On a forklift 8 hours a day what is best for sciatica seat cushion or lumbar support thanks.
What to do if not only sitting but standing for period time and your pain starts?
Spondylitis sponylolisthesis spinal stenosis l4,l5 rounding the lower back now and then relieve pain
Sirs, I'm 18 and I have 2 herniated discs in L4 - L5 and L5 - S1 from deadlifting wrong, I've been following your videos and they've been helpful. I've found the McKenzie method helps me greatly, but only to a certain point, my doctor advise hanging myself on a pull-up bar, but when I do that there's a sharp pain sent from my right hip (the side that hurts) down to my toes, with the tingling sensation. I would be grateful for some advise, thanks.
Edit: I've been doing some research about hanging on pull-up bars, and most articles say that they are helpful, but in my case, they are not, so I'm really confused.
Have you found any solution for this
NADA chair @7:43 possibly beneficial to hikers as well? certainly compact and all 1 part.
How about riding home excerise bike would that cause back pain? I think it caused my sciatica pain.
My job has us stuck on computer 8 hours a day... They won't see it as a workman's comp issue.... Says it is chronic. Never had these issues before working here... I try to stand at least 4 hours out my shift, but lately I can't do either without pain.
Please comment on sitting in a recliner. Will these supports be sufficient?
Thank you. This belt over knee.... I am thinking about blood circulation around knee ,veins ?
I have a sciatica, and i have great pain when i am standing, because it put presure on my leg and increase the pain. So i need to seat imiedatly. So how can i avoid seating while having a sciatica?
Every minute brings another chance to turn it all around...
opinions on ergonomic kneeling chairs?
ANYONE?
thanks a lot sir
Hey B&B. God bless you guys! Really. Thanks so much for your videos. Have you already done a video reviewing various work chairs like the ones that some Alexander Technique pros recommend? Would love to see that.
I don't understand why I have sciatic problems because I'm standing up and walking all day if this problems came because you are sitting down all day
Omgosh! The NADA- must have!!!!😍😍
I was hoping to get your opinions on the knee chair? Would it be a better choice than an office chair?
May I ask if I can use a pillow,will I get the same results? Thank you.
I have common symptoms for Sciatica but the pain is down to both feet. I am a computer guy always sitting.
Good informative video 🙏🏼 I wanted to ask if I can do weight training if I have sciatica kindly help
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I was pulling 100 ft.water hoses .next 3 days leg pain when walking or standing up.help......72years old.😳😳🙁5/22/21
Is calisthenics and running safe while having sciatica
I love you’re videos you both are very friendly ,and the informative . That being said
I sought out treatment and accepting I needed help. Also, a question , what do you think about nerve pain shots. ?
Does sitting with straight posture help?
Fantastic, thank you!
Is the nada chair going to atrophy your muscles like lumbar sleeves do?
Avoid sitting !! So how do I watch TV and relax. Especially when I have to sit up to rest my aching legs, will try the towel method
Here’s a question. I’ve been having terrible thigh and calf pain every time I sit at my computer. I’ve done everything. Bought a foot rest, bought a new chair (Serta chair) tried a million different things. No matter what though I end up having these terrible pains. Any suggestions? Or thoughts? I always move around I do toe raisers everything. But the moment I sit back in my chair (3 different chairs tried) I have this pain.
what if you have sciatica, scoliosis and leg length discrepance from hip replacement?
i have pain in my upper left but. where the piriformis is. While sitting. Especialy on hard surfaces.
Working/standing on a cement floor warehouse for 9 hours all day is pure torture when one has chronic back pain and sciatica. Sitting seems to stave off pain while standing promotes pain! That’s been my 6 year long experience with back pain!
physicaltherapyvideo hey thanks. I quit that job, but now commute 1 hour each way and sit a lot too! So it’s all wrong. I will google that. I don’t want spine surgery. Have not tried chiropractor or acupuncture yet either. It all costs $$$.
You all are the professionals, but I have bought several chairs with that lumbar support, my Sciatica lumbar chair does not do anything for my Sciatica pain, the curvature of the seat and softness of the bottom of the chair healed my Sciatica along with the exercises your recommend and well as any back problems. I haven't found that chair yet, I retired and can't seem to find a chair that does that, yet, I have tried several cushions, the bubble one, does not work. The chair I bought with the excellent lumbar support did nothing, what was suppose to be a soft bottom was a bubble and when I sat on the chair the bones at the bottom of my buttocks hurt, I gave that chair up real quickly. I will keep trying the Cypratictor and the Physical Therapist, and see if it works without finding the chair, I have ordered several more cushions and hope they work. But I think the softness of the bottom of the chair makes a difference. Office chairs are so hard I have had the Sciatica pain come back several times, because how hard the chair is,even with lumbar support, and I am not able to stand up for very long. Thanks for giving us advice on curing Sciatica pain.
Hey b&b how about sitting on a couch?
You two are awesome! Thank you. :)
I stand all day at work. And my sciatica pain is unbearable...any tips for standing ?
Nice coffee mugs :)