Neither DH or I have this but have a dear friend who does. I know what doesn't work. The devices shown on TV where a plastic ball presses against the back of your leg. It is attached by a wide black band with velcro. Waste of money.

I am sure you will get some real and better advice here.

Physical therapy! I also found that sitting/sleeping in the correct positions cut way down on pain. Can't sit on one leg, or sleep slumped in a chair, for instance.

My chiropractor has helped me with sciatica.

Spinal decompression therapy is a miracle. Non invasive non surgical no pain great relief. Google it.

My husband does a 20 minute set of stretching exercises twice a day to keep it under control. If he skips a session, he suffers for it. He was taught the exercises at the VA. He went from excruciating pain every day to back to nearly normal but it was 2 months before he noticed any real improvement. Ya gotta keep doing 'em!

What FlamingO in AR says! I do about 30 minutes a day. A steroid shot in a lower disc also helped.

Exercise. Religiously doing the stretching has helped me get past a bad bout of sciatica.

A wonderful physical therapist I was seeing for sciatica discovered my pelvis was slightly rotated. She started me on a whole new program of exercises to realign the pelvis. Once that was back in alignment, no more sciatica. I still periodically do the exercises just to keep things where they are supposed to be. If I whined enough, she would give me a 15 minute massage after the exercising then turn off the light, cover me with a warm blanket and let me relax for another 15 minutes. Made me SMILE!

My late husband had this. They started him on Phenylbutazone (Bute - used for race horses), and then he was told to walk every single day. Orthopedist said walking was the best remedy for sciatica. It worked!

The things that helped me most after a period of time was PT and exercise/stretching. I remember walking halfway up the block and having to stop from the pain, not fun!

Pretty much what FlamingO said. Google exercises for sciatica and you should get several. Do as many as you can. Most involve stretching and as stated previously, you need to do them every day. Sometimes more than once a day will help.

I started having some mild issues when I was running a lot of hills. My massage therapist helped me with a couple of different stretches and I was already doing some before and after my runs. Be aware of your posture too, especially when working outside or lifting anything.

I have lots of experience, unfortunately. Tried chiropractor and steroid shots but finally had to have surgery.

Now I walk, walk, and walk some more. Keep my weight under control. Go to yoga once a week. Try not to lift or carry much more than 10 pounds. Lift with my legs. Sleep on a firm mattress and sit upright (an Adirondack chair is a definite no-no because of the angle of the back). Don't sit with my legs crossed for an extended period of time, nor sit for longer than an hour without getting up and moving around a bit.

Physical therapy. It works. My husband had it really bad because of the work he does. WCB put him through PT and it's pretty much gone now.

If only PT could help his other injury. :(

My doctor offered to send me to a physical therapist but I
just went on line and found a few stretches and exercises that I did daily. In
about a month it was gone and has never returned.

Timely article on this topic posted on the web Today -> http://www.marketwatch.com/story/stop-spending-thousands-of-dollars-on-back-pain-surgery-and-treatments-that-dont-work-2017-08-15?siteid=YAHOOB