Supine Sciatic Nerve Flossing
SUPINE SCIATIC NERVE FLOSSING
This is the sciatic nerve flossing exercise that is used to mobilize the sciatic nerve to help reduce inflammation and peripheral nerve impingement. Generally this exercise is to be done in a pain free range of motion, if the end ranges are intolerable you can modify the exercise by shortening the range.
Structures Involved:
Sciatic Nerve
Related Conditions:
L4-L5, L5-S1 Lumbar Disc Herniation
Piriformis Syndrome
Peripheral Sciatic Nerve Entrapment
Sciatica
Disc Bulge or Bulging Disc
Slipped Disc
Prolapsed Disc
Herniated Nucleus Palposus (HNP)