Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 14:44:49 -0700
Reply-To: Doug in Calif <vanagon@ASTOUND.NET>
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From: Doug in Calif <vanagon@ASTOUND.NET>
Subject: Re: Sciatica
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Difficult to describe as I was shown by the owner of the physical therapy
department, and she was a yogi, but here goes.
Lets say it is your left leg that has the pinch.
Kick your shoes off and sit on the floor with your feet apart, body up
right, forming a 90 degree.
Raise your left knee and slide your right foot and ankle under it.
Now "walk" your LEFT foot heel toe around your right knee which is flat on
the floor keeping your knee slightly elevated.
Continue to walk or pull your left foot around the outside of your right
leg.
Support your left knee with your hands and pull it gently toward your chest.
Sometimes you can hold your left foot with right hand and support knee with
left hand.
Look and turn your torso slightly to the left to meet the knee.
Keep working the foot around toward your hip and leaning further forward to
push the knee down.
Also bring the right knee around to the left as you get more flexible.
You are essentially trying to get what this yogi PT gal told me was the
"cow's head"
She was able to do it, It is when both of your knees are overlaying one
another directly in front of you.
This is somewhat like sitting "Indian style but pushing both of your knees
together in front of you.
The affected side on top.
I cannot even get close to that, but continually moving my leg and knee
around in that direction and leaning toward the upper knee finally got the
Piriformis to loosen up on the sciatic nerve and I was cured. It took about
2 weeks of PT to get there after 6 mos of feeling like an arrow was shot
about 8 inches into my buttock. I could only mow about two passes on my
front lawn and then hobble inside with so much pain I felt light headed. .
I hope that helps. Its difficult to describe in detail, but when you do it
correctly you can definitely feel the Piriformis stretch, and it works!
Keep the hitch out of your gitty up.
Doug
----- Original Message -----
From: "don spence" <dspence@oanet.com>
To: <vanagon@ASTOUND.NET>
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 11:48 AM
Subject: Sciatica
> Hi Doug
> Care to share the stretch?
