Most people with sciatica eventually reach a frustrating point.

The worst of it has passed. You can get through a day. You are sleeping better. You are no longer thinking about it constantly.

And you have not been on a proper walk in months.

The uncertainty is the problem. Nobody tells you when it is safe to go back, how far, or what to do if it hurts. So people either wait indefinitely for a feeling of complete readiness that never quite arrives, or go out for three hours and spend the next week regretting it.

Here is a structured way through it.