Hold for 5 seconds and then lower your leg.
Back stretch knee to floor.
Repeat each stretch two to three times — preferably once in the morning and once at night.
Begin by laying flat on your back with your knees bent and feet on the floor.
Bring the left thigh in towards your chest, loop your right hand between your thighs, and interlace your fingers behind your left thigh.
A comfortable stretch is felt in back of your thigh.
Interlace your fingers just under the knee.
Sciatica is a pain, numbness, or tingling that starts at the butt and sometimes goes down the back of the leg, behind the knee, and sometimes all the way.
Support the back of your thigh behind the knee.
Using both hands, pull up one knee and press it to your chest.
Tighten your abdominals and press your spine to the floor.
While lying on your back, slowly bring one knee up toward your chest as you did with the single knee to chest stretch.
The right leg can either be resting straight on the ground.
Knee bent with your foot flat on the floor.
Using both hands, pull up one knee and press it to your chest (b).
Lie on your back with your knees bent, feet flat on the floor.
Do 10 reps and then switch legs.
Lie flat on your back with your knees bent and the soles of your feet flat on the floor.
Do 10 reps and then switch legs.
Tighten your stomach muscles and bring one knee to your chest.