Sciatic Pain Relief

pigeon pose

also becomes friends with a lacrosse ball

TENS won't do anything or much of anything. You either have real sciatica or pseudo sciatica. To see if it's Pseudo, do the pigeon pose like Salmon said and let that Piriformis muscle stretch. A lacrosse ball dead on the piriformis will help too.

Basically you have your sciatic nerve go through or near the piriformis muscle in your butt and when it gets inflamed due to a weakening of the muscle, the muscle pushes on the nerve causing sciatica symptoms without the disc problems.

Pigeon pose and strengthening the core and butt will help alleviate it.

Standing Cross leg forward fold should give you immediate, if temporary, relief. All weight goes to foot of straight leg, cross other leg in front, resting foot on outside edge during stretch, don’t lock out “straight”/support knee, keep a slight bend. Engage your core while doing this stretch and breathe. Alternate sides for this stretch, then strengthen core muscles as others have directed.