Sciatic nerve

[red crayon]

Re: Sciatic nerve

Yes thats I do them for reps and keep the weight low, 25 pound plate max. If you dont know anything about streaching here is a good place to start.

http://www.parrilloperformance.com/category/videos/page/5/

Parrillo's info doesnt always make sense but its like Vince Gironda, try it and keep what works.

[kazman68]

Re: Sciatic nerve

Yes thats I do them for reps and keep the weight low, 25 pound plate max. If you dont know anything about streaching here is a good place to start.

http://www.parrilloperformance.com/category/videos/page/5/

Parrillo's info doesnt always make sense but its like Vince Gironda, try it and keep what works.

Parillo was a judge in a few of my shows, I don't believe in his mega calorie diet, but his fascia stretches work, after I started doing them not only did I get much more flexible, but saw in increase in definition, and separation, he also did something called planing( rubbing muscle's out with his palm while 2 people have you in an extreme stretch) and rolfing (very deep vigorous hard massaging) He believes that the fascia is so tight around the muscle it can restrict growth, that;s one theory on muscle memory, your fascia is stretched out from when you were bigger, and as you start to train again that fascia isn't restricting muscle growth. Dante is another big believer in stretching, and I am as well. I hope this is correct it's coming from memory, but bottom line the stretching works, and has many benefits. One other thing don't ever cold stretch, I also did Iso tension after my stretches. Basically it was do a set(very full range of motion),stretch,squeeze/flex the muscle as hard as possible. In the one of the Beverly International newsletter's it describes how this was part of my success in winning the 96' Midwest. If you decide to try it start slow and work your way up, deeper and longer stretches. I apologize again for my long posts, I use too many words when describing things, I'm not good at breaking things down into a one-liner.

[red crayon]

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Again Im glad to see that I might not be the only one who does these things. Where I go and work out I often get strange looks because I do a lot of things no one else does.
I had to modify the streaching Parillo recomends slightly, I do all my streaching after the working sets on a given muscle. The reason is that it doesnt detract from my energy for the working sets and the muscle is fully pumped (As much as its gonna be) so I will get the best results. Like I said I read a lot and try almost everything and use what works, for me, and remember the rest. It might not work for me but might work for someone else, we are all different.

[kazman68]

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Again Im glad to see that I might not be the only one who does these things. Where I go and work out I often get strange looks because I do a lot of things no one else does.
I had to modify the streaching Parillo recomends slightly, I do all my streaching after the working sets on a given muscle. The reason is that it doesnt detract from my energy for the working sets and the muscle is fully pumped (As much as its gonna be) so I will get the best results. Like I said I read a lot and try almost everything and use what works, for me, and remember the rest. It might not work for me but might work for someone else, we are all different.

Same here I'm the only one stretching (hard) between sets. It works though!

[Terpvtx]

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I suffered from sciatica for almost a year. I had the steroid injections and they did not help. The ortho I was seeing wanted to operate, but I decided to try a chiropractor first and I am glad I did. After a couple of visits, I felt much better. I haven't suffered from it since. I would recommend trying a chiropractor first before seeing an ortho. I would also recommend looking for a chiropractor that is also a licensed physical therapist. They typically have had more extensive training.

[xdude]

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mine just started kicking in and causing some twinges ... the strange thing I noticed it while doing some light weight stretching on chest flies.. I am talking 25 lb dumbbells. and lying flat.. and the twinge went right down my leg ..which is the part I don't understand.. I am lying flat.. so shouldn't that take the pressure off...

I am not in pain on a regular basis .. just a twinge that goes down the leg..

I am thinking that I should nip this before it gets worse.
I will look into stretching

so is should I see the DR. or just go direct to the Chiropractor

[Layddually2]

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The only thing that helped mine was laying flat and pulling knee across chest. As soon as I feel it coming on I do that then foam roll at home.

[chrisotpherm]

Physical therapy may be a good option here as unlike a chiropractor they actually help an injury than a quick fix.

[xdude]

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found a video on youtube for seated stretch and the guy said "if this is difficult the chances are this the source of the issue" good news was that was difficult ... one stretch and it started feeling it..

just sit and basically cross our leg.. in a figure 4 then sit up straight to stretch the but and hams...

I will give an update in a couple days...

oh dropped the doc an email he said rest and stretching is your best first step...
also recommended motrin

[xdude]

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I have been doing this , and to be honest I didn't realise how tight I am down there .. I found a couple more stretches ...and I realise this is helping ..how ever I have not lifted in about a week and going a little crazy ...

[xdude]

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I did a back workout yesterday ... so things are looking up... funny but the big problem I have is with Flys... go figure ...

[Layddually2]

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Im super tight every where I need to probably lay off for a while and spend my time stretching and getting deep tissue massages.

[xdude]

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this stretch is what is working very good for me 3 times a day , for 20 seconds each side

[baby1]

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Try some foam roling. It is very helpful as many of our opains stems from trigger points and the rolling helps work them out. Also, if you can fine a person who does Trigger point Massage, it can work wonders. Good luck as I feel for you cause I to suffer with this and it has been full blown lately

[xdude]

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wow did I screw up... I didn't warm up as much as I should because I was in a serious hurry... then went to bench and doing a warm up set... move my legs and felt something give in my lower back... the pain is going down my leg continuously now... I am really worried I am going to need surgery ..