The sciatica pain that began in my lower back and radiated down to my little toe was gone after one session of acupressure. In my experience, the pain would peak for about three days, and then take about two weeks to completely fade away. But in this case it was completely gone in two days. Not all sciatica patients respond to just acupressure. Cases such as mine did because, even though it wasn't a pleasant situation for me, it was just a minor ache.
Some patients require the stronger stimulation of acupuncture.
I get many letters from people reading this article who want to know what points to press or how to press them. It is difficult to answer this question briefly, but I can say that if you want to simply mash your thumb into any location on the lower back or leg that is sensitive along the trajectory of the sciatica pain, you'll be helping the problem. Don't push so hard that it causes a bruise and don't do it so hard that it is very painful. Just a little painful is really want you want to shoot for. Use the thumb for points on the legs or the elbow for tender points on the buttocks.