Stop Stretching Your Sciatic Nerve ( Yoga Anatomy Lesson)

WATCH THE LOW BACK PAIN SCIATICA MASTERCLASS: . . Paschimottanasana is NOT a hamstrings stretch It s a sciatic nerve (and spinal cord) tensioner .. Stop stretching your sciatic nerve Yoga poses are commonly geared towards hypermobility and this is a great example of how a lack of anatomical understand leads to unintended side effects. Now, there is actually a therapeutic use for nerve tensioners and nerve gliders, but that s not what yoga people are doing They are just taking their stretches to the MAX, and don t understand that this stretching sensation is actually coming from stretching NERVES, not muscles .. Besides, since nerve tensioners have a tendency to irritate nerves and when done excessively or forcefully they can lead to sciatica like symptoms, we really should leave the prescription of such exercise