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Warning. Although sciatic pain often improves with specific self-care techniques such as exercise, cold or hot packs and stretching, swimming is not a cure for sciatic pain. Medication, physical therapy, epidural steroid injections and even surgery may sometimes be necessary for more serious cases of sciatic nerve pain.
1 Epidural injections, which are injections of a steroid (commonly known as cortisone or prednisone) into the spine, are sometimes performed for persistent sciatica.  Studies have shown that exercise therapy is helpful to treat back pain that persists for more than a few weeks. Good exercises for sciatica include walking, yoga, Pilates, and other specialized exercise programs.