Is it a good idea to swim if your lower back is pinching in sacro-iliac joint area on one side?
Swimming is my mental health! But right now I can hardly bend forward, to right, or to left. Will be assessed by PT, but wondering whether anyone has had good experience swimming through back pain, or if this is likely to do me in.
Generally I do core strengthening, shoulder strengthening, lots of onland exercises, but for some reason this pinchy pain hath appeared.
Advice before I see PT? I NEED TO SWIM.
Gracias.
Isobel
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I have piriformis pain that is triggered by long drives. Swimming helps me a lot. I've found that kicking on my back with fins helps stretch the whole area very effectively.
There is a current thread that has links to some good information: forums.usms.org/showthread.php
I found this link to be particularly helpful.
www.kalindra.com/rounds.pdf (for exercises for the SI joint which may be why the sciatic is being "kicked")
It shows you ways to realign your pelvis so that sciatic/piriformis impingement is minimized. I tried the recommendations this week and it's been really helpful (and easy).
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I have piriformis pain that is triggered by long drives. Swimming helps me a lot. I've found that kicking on my back with fins helps stretch the whole area very effectively.
There is a current thread that has links to some good information: forums.usms.org/showthread.php
I found this link to be particularly helpful.
www.kalindra.com/rounds.pdf (for exercises for the SI joint which may be why the sciatic is being "kicked")
It shows you ways to realign your pelvis so that sciatic/piriformis impingement is minimized. I tried the recommendations this week and it's been really helpful (and easy).
