The Movement Detective’s Guide to Sciatica

The Movement Detective’s Guide to Sciatica

From Fix Your Sciatica Podcast by Dr. Ashley Mak, PT, DPT, CSCS

March 9, 2026 · 10 min

About this episode

Dr. Ashley Mak discusses personalized pain management strategies for sciatica by analyzing movement patterns and biases.

Dr. Ashley Mak explores personalized pain management strategies, focusing on identifying individual movement patterns and biases to optimize recovery. He emphasizes the importance of testing one variable at a time and tailoring exercises to specific archetypes like extension, flexion, lateral, and rotational biases. Check us out at ifixyoursciatica.com Marin County, California Resident? Check out our local clinic in San Rafael, we make house calls: dragonphysicaltherapy.com You can get access to the somatic tracking cheat sheet here: https://ifixyoursciatica.gymleadmachine.co/self-treatment-cheat-sheet-8707-4603 Check out our favorite products! (affiliate page): https://ifixyoursciatica.gymleadmachine.co/favorite_products Did you know that our YouTube channel has a growing number of videos including this podcast? Give us a follow here- https://youtube.com/@fixyoursciatica?si=1svrz6M7RsnFaswN Are you looking for a more affordable way to manage your pain? Check out the patient advocate program here: ptpatientadvocate.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Ashley Mak

Topics covered

  • pain management
  • movement patterns
  • exercise tailoring
  • recovery strategies
  • sciatica

Keywords

  • sciatica
  • pain management
  • movement patterns
  • exercise
  • recovery

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