Question about nerve glides for sciatica

Hi all, I've been an aide for two DPTs. The first didn't perform nerve glides at all for patients with sciatica, citing that he found it often made the patient worse. The second DPT is at the opposite end of the spectrum. I've seen him perform nerve glides with all the sciatica patients. All three are in extreme pain when he does them, even the guy who has no sciatica pain, only numbness. One woman literally begs him to stop, another cries, and the guy curses a storm and apologizes... Read more
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