Straightforward Recumbent Experience – BionicOldGuy

I went for a calming 75 minutes on my recumbent yesterday, out into the countryside north of Morgan Hill then by way of some native neighborhoods. I’m nonetheless restricted by sciatica. It feels wonderful using however can flare up later if I overdo it. I used to be lucky sufficient to get an appointment squeezed in with my physician on December twenty ninth about this. Hopefully, she will get the ball rolling on diagnostics and getting referred to PT. Within the meantime, I’m alternating cold and hot compresses and doing all of the stretches I do know. And I’m attempting to loosen my piriformis muscle by way of reciprocal inhibition: the piriformis muscle abducts and externally rotates the hip, so contracting the muscle tissue that adduct and internally rotate it ought to loosen up it. I discovered a whole lot of helpful data and workouts within the ebook Piriformis Syndrome: Analysis, Remedy, and Yoga: Ache within the Butt by Dr. Loren Fishman, a specialist on this syndrome.