Can Pilates help Sciatic Pain running down the back of my leg.

by Violet

I have been having sciatic pain in my right side for several months now. My chiropractor said it's because my pelvis is rotated. I don't want to continue to have this pain and keep going in to get adjusted.

Can Pilates help my sciatic pain?



Jennifer's response:

Pilates can be very helpful to prevent sciatic pain.

Pilates helps to realign muscles that are pulling the spine, pelvis, and sometimes shoulder girdle out of alignment.

It does this by stretching the tight muscles on the one side and strengthening the weak or more flexible muscles on the other side of a joint.

In effect, it helps to rebalance a joint bringing it back to neutral and allowing you to move with more efficiency and less pain.

Because your pelvis is rotated, you first need to get the bones or the joint adjusted. Let your chiropractor do this if you are confident in him/her.

Then let most of the sciatic related pain and inflammation subside before you begin exercising the leg and hip joint or you will just keep inflaming it.

Check out this article to find out more about sciatic pain and how Pilates can help:

Sciatica Causes

Or...this one:

Stretches for Sciatica.



Next, check out the Pilates Ebook here to begin doing exercises to strengthen the core, pelvis, and hip muscles to prevent Sciatica from happening again.