If you end up going to physical therapy for a sciatica problem, then they may offer you stretches and back exercises to help fix your sciatica problem. And you need to know that stretches tend to make sciatica problems worse. It may feel good in the moment, but it keeps the sciatica problem there for the long term. And that's because that nerve runs down the back of the hip here.

Back of the leg, all the way to the foot. And if you're doing stretches like this where you put your foot up and stretch out the back of your leg, it's actually putting more tension on that nerve and it makes it worse in the long run. And you've got to figure out how to take pressure off the nerve and avoid stretching it.

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