[jen_h]

Yep. My mother-in-law taught me this. Walking is a pretty great universal cure, if you’re lucky enough to be able to walk long distances.

But also: hamstring stretches. YMMV, but whenever I feel the “twinge” that used to precipitate sciatica and a too-long stint of sleeping on the floor, I do some hamstring stretches and it dissipates. I haven’t had “back pain down to the knee” since I figured this “one simple trick!” out…

And back stretches. It really helped me to think about spinal stenosis and to realize and envision that massive cabling of nerves at the base of the spine, and then to remember to stretch several times a day to give that “wiring” some more room (especially after compressing and scrunching them for twelve hours straight hunched over a laptop on the couch!).