Yoga Help in Sciatica

                                     

Sciatica is a painful condition in which there is pain along the back or back of the leg. It is tingling pain which gets aggravated by running, bending and/or sitting and can the pain can surface anytime. The history of this ailment dates back to a time before Christ. Roman soldiers used to suffer the pain due to constant riding on horseback. The disease was treated as a mysterious ailment and imaginative treatments of numbing with leeches and hot coals. The modern practices of creams and injections also offer temporary relief. With increasing cases of Sciatica due to sedentary lifestyle requiring long hours sitting on the chair, it has become a headache for the patient and the doctor.

However, Yoga can help you not only relive the pain but also keep it away. It is amazing that this knowledge was passed along by a yoga teacher while undergoing Yoga teacher training in Rishikesh, India. During the course I learnt to keep the pain away and also make my body strong enough to go for long strenuous hikes. Driving also became a pleasure which used to be painful earlier. So, are you suffering from this ailment? Well, let us look at some symptoms to make it clear.

The symptoms include:
• Pain in lower back, buttocks, back portion of the thigh or calf muscles. This  is the pathway of the sciatic nerve.

• Numbness in legs and lack of feeling after experience of fatigue in legs and feet.

• A feeling of pinching pain which goes to the feeling of insertion of needles.

• In extreme condition inability to flex the knee is experienced.

The causes of Sciatica

The main cause of this physical condition is the lumbar spine pressing against sciatic nerve. Another cause can be the pressing of muscles and tendons against the nerve. In both the cases yoga can help cure the condition.

3 poses that help cure Sciatica

• Ardha Matsyendrasana – The half spinal twist.

• Gomukhasana – The cow’s face pose.

• Raja Kapotasana – The king pigeons’ pose.

You can start by doing these there poses daily and follow it up with other poses. The best way is to enroll for a yoga teacher training course in Rishikesh, India and get trained by experienced Yogis. These experienced yogis can help you cure the physical pain and take your mental powers to a different level altogether.