Heat packs and a visit to the chiropractor is what helps me. Quite often sciatica is caused by a twist in the pelvis which results in the nerve being pinched at worst or irritated.
Make sure you interview them first to be sure that they practice gentle methods, do a good massage to warm up the muscles first before they manipulate you and that they have experience with PG women.
Being your third bub you will find your pelvis is more susceptible to the relaxin so be super careful lifting the kids and putting them in and out of the car. Also when doing housework, especially vacuuming!
I work for a Chiropractor and we have alot of pregnant ladies come in for treatment - it perfectly safe as we use gentle adjustments by using what is called a drop table - chiropractic is about nerves not about bones as most people tend to think, its the subluxations that cause the problem and chiropractic helps your body heal itself - nerves are your centre to everything in your body that works. Otherwise the other thing you can try is pregnancy massage - but remember no essential oils whilst pregnant and make sure who every you go to specialises in pregnancy massage.
Get yourself to th Chiropractor. If its this bad now, imagine how bad its going to be as you get further along in your pregnancy. I started with a bad back around 16 weeks and the Chiro, plus heat bags and my anti-natal yoga class has help so much. I am not pain free but definatley alot more comfortable.
I actually have a chiro appointment next week but for a different problem so i will let them know about the sciatica too. She has a lot of experience in pregnant women and i found her from a recommendation.
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