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That comment is spot on AND sciatica stretches are legit. The best treatment for sciatica is get stretchy.

For anyone who doesn’t know, Sciatica is pain due to compression of the sciatic nerve, which runs from your buttocks down the back of your leg. The reason this stretch is helpful is because the sciatic nerve, after leaving your spinal cord, immediately runs just underneath - and may get compressed by - the Piriformis muscle deep in your buttcheek, which helps you externally rotate your hip. (If the muscle is super tight, your toes on that side might actually point further out when you lie down compared to the toes on your other foot, jsyk).

I agree with the comment and I also had sciatica. However, jokes on me, I had sciatica which turned into severe pain within my pelvic/thigh region. I eventually started feeling numbness in said region. With that being said, the MRI found a severe herniated disc that compressed a series of nerves called the caudae equine nerves that led to getting an emergency spinal surgery to get the herniated disc removed.