# sciatic nerve damage

**URL:** <https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/sciatic-nerve-damage/4265>\
**Category:** Pain & Rehab Forum \[Moderated\]\
**Tags:** rehab\
**Created:** [December 9, 2018, 8:21pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/sciatic-nerve-damage/4265 "2018-12-09T20:21:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![ZaneHS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/f4b2a3/32.png) [@ZaneHS](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/ZaneHS)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2018, 8:21pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/sciatic-nerve-damage/4265/1 "2018-12-09T20:21:23Z")

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How are you doing?

A friend of mine has had spinal surgery after damaging his sciatic nerve. It has been a couple years since, how should he approach barbell training after such an injury? does something like this require attention from a PT in person?

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**Author:** ![jade\_sperring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ab097/32.png) [@jade\_sperring](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/jade_sperring)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2018, 11:40pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/sciatic-nerve-damage/4265/2 "2018-12-09T23:40:07Z")

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Hi Zane, keep reading through the material on this site, commencing the BBM NLP would be starting position providing no motor weakness exists and his ongoing symptoms are sensory only. If concerned a consult would be valuable for him even just from a reassuarnce / positive emotional perspective to ensure his framing of emotions, pain and training are set up correctly from the start