April 2007. I am seeing my chiropractor 2-3 times a week and nothing is getting better. He tells me that I need to strengthen the leg and glut muscles and stretch. He hooks me up to a device that is supposed to relieve pressure on my back and help my spine but it is not making the sciatica pain go away. IN FACT.. my sciatica pain is getting worse. He wants me to do lunges to strength the leg and gluts but I can only make it DOWN into the lunge position.. I can NOT come back up!