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If I were to gather all the people in the world with back pain and ask them to give me a dollar, I would have enough money to buy that private jet I’ve been shopping for. The sad fact is, most of us could get rid of back pain if we stood up, took our computers and smashed them into little tiny pieces (haven’t you always wanted to do that?). Since that isn’t an option for most of us, there is another alternative: Yoga.
In a study published in the journal , researchers took 90 subjects with mild to moderate functional disability and put some through six months of yoga classes and the others through conventional medical therapy.
The conclusion? The yoga group had less pain, less functional disability and less depression than compared to the other group.
The classes in the study were based on yoga which focuses on proper body alignment using props like blocks, straps and blankets. The yoga instructors in the study chose exercises specific to back pain, so you don’t necessarily want to run out and try just any yoga class. However, if you have back pain, like the rest of us, check out these resources to find more stretching and strengthening exercises that might make a difference.
Do you have back pain and, if so, what have you tried to manage it? Find anything that works? Leave a comment and give us more ideas for becoming pain-free.
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