Holidays and Sciatica
Summer is here and the holiday season is upon us. Many of us will be going on a well-deserved break for some rest and relaxation. Just before or when on holiday is probably one of the most inconvenient times to get an attack or flare up of sciatica. One of the most common calls we…
Coping with sciatica on long-haul flights
Sciatica pain can be difficult to cope with on any journey where you have to sit for more than ten or fifteen minutes. Sciatica on long-haul flights of five hours or more can be downright torture. Back pain of any kind is awful, but coupled with sciatica it is double the jeopardy. If you have…
How to relieve sciatica pain when using public transport
Sciatica pain can be difficult to live with at the best of times. However, it can make long journeys a very difficult experience. If you are travelling in the car, then you have the option of pulling over when you need to take a break, but this option is removed if you are having to…
7 Top Tips for travelling with Sciatica
There is never a good to time to be afflicted with sciatica, but it can be the most inconvenient time when you have a holiday or a long trip planned. Sitting can exacerbate sciatica and we have spoken to many individuals dreading a long drive or long flight. Some have even considered cancelling their trip,…
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Both my wife and I experience sciatic pain, but we didn’t let this put us off the trip of a lifetime. I am lucky enough to have a sister who lives in Vancouver and her daughter, my niece, who lives with her husband and two boys in Calgary. So last year we decided to treat…
Traveling by car with Sciatica
As the vast majority of us have to travel by car, either for work or just going about our daily business, people will tell you that this is one of the worst things to do with sciatic pain. Firstly, just getting in and out of the car can be excruciatingly painful, to say the least.…