[Tobra]

Patrick, sit in a stable chair that you can cross your legs

Sit up straight shoulders back. Cross your legs with the curve above your ankle bone resting on your knee, so your thighs are roughly in the same plane. Keep your back straight, head up and bend forward at the waist. You will feel it pulling, deep on your ass, that is your piriformis. Sciatica is pretty common. That stretch will help, matter of how much. Seen acupuncture work too many times to be that skeptical. It channels your chi,or something like that. Maybe it stimulates subcutaneous nerves and causes endorphins to be released. Been doing it a long ass time, I tell you what