Pinched nerves are a disease experienced by many people in Indonesia. Most suffer
during the productive age period of 30-60 years. Sufferers of a pinched nerve will
experience that if a pinched nerve occurs in the lower back, there will be sharp pain
in one part of the waist, groin, legs, feet, hips or buttocks, and even numbness in the
back of the calf or sole of the foot. The aim of this study was to determine the effect
of regular swimming on reducing pain in people with pinched nerves. This research
design uses direct demonstration and the sampling technique uses incidental sam-
pling. The results of this study were that there was an effect of regular swimming on
reducing pinched nerve pain from an initial VAS score of 8 (controlled severe pain)
to 2 (mild pain). The conclusions in this study show a significant increase in pain
reduction, which is expected in cases of pinched nerves or HNP and good treatment
with regular swimming.