1 Is sciatica massage useful? Sciatic neuralgia mainly refers to the symptoms of hip or lower waist pain, which is mostly caused by poor blood flow. Through proper massage, blood circulation can be improved, muscles and tendons can be relaxed and activated, thus playing a certain role in relieving pain. So sciatica massage is useful.

Massage the patient with sciatica in prone position, with the masseur standing beside him. Knead the muscles of the patient's waist, buttocks, posterior thigh, lateral calf and posterior calf with both hands. Knead the affected side first, then the healthy side, and repeat 6 times on each side.

At 3 o'clock, the patient takes a prone position, and the massager uses the rank edge of the elbow tip gravity point to jump around the point, and then points it to the back of the thigh, and repeats it for 5- 10 times, so that the local area has a feeling of acid, numbness and swelling.

4 hit the lower limb acupoints. The patient took a prone position. The massager simultaneously pokes the acupoints on the affected side with the thumbs of both hands, such as Juxiu, Huantiao, Chengfu, Shi Feng, Weizhong, Chengshan and Yanglingquan. When you poke, you should go straight in and out, slowly in and out, and the intensity should be from light to heavy, and then from heavy to light. Poke each acupoint for 20 seconds, and then poke the healthy side.