Sciatic nerve symptoms due to disc protrusion can often be relieved with simple sciatica home treatment exercises to help reposition bulging discs and with the use of anti-inflammatory medications and ice to reduce swelling from inflammation. Not all exercises promoted for home sciatica treatment are always safe to use in cases where there is disc protrusion though. For example, the yoga position, “downward facing dog” will sometimes help with sciatica due to muscle contraction, but can make symptoms related to disc protrusion much worse.