Watch Sciatica exercises and Pinched nerve treatment.

The self-help video Sciatica exercises and Pinched nerve treatment offers advice for a common medical problem. While it may seem counterintuitive, exercise is usually better for relieving sciatic pain than bed rest. Someone may rest for a day or two after their sciatic pain flares up, but after that time period, inactivity will usually make the pain worse.

Sciatica is pain going down the leg from the lower back. This pain may go down the back, outside, or front of the leg. Onset is often sudden following activities like heavy lifting, though gradual onset may also occur.