A new clinical trial again proved that yoga can provide more effective treatment for chronic lower back pain than more conventional methods, highlighting benefits of yoga in your lifestyle.<\/p>\n
I feel, rate of lower back pain is increasing now-a-days. I find many patients especially women complaining of lower back pains. Mostly it is attributed to wrong postures and faulty life-style. Treating low back pain, I think, few effective, evidence-based treatments exist.<\/p>\n
This new study, led by the University of York and funded by Arthritis Research UK, found that people offered a specially-designed 12-week yoga programme experienced greater improvements in back function and more confidence in performing everyday tasks than those offered conventional forms of GP care.<\/p>\n
Yoga can provide both short and long-term benefits to those suffering from chronic or recurrent back pain, along with certain homeopathic medicines without any serious side-effects as compared to allopathic pain-killers.<\/p>\n
I think, we need to have non-drug therapies that sufferers can utilise in their own home. And, for this, we need to advise our patients about yoga and posture maintenance.<\/p>\n
This clinical trial showed that there was more reduction in pain in the yoga group than the usual care group.<\/p>\n
The yoga offers poses for pain-relief and mental calming; mobilising, stretching, strengthening and relaxation; improving awareness of posture; education about how a healthy back functions; and positive mental focus.<\/p>\n
Yoga aims to treat the whole person \u2013 not just the physical, as in Homeopathy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"