Use of Yoga for Natural Cures
“Yoga appears to be more effective than traditional exercise or an educational book for improving function and pain in patients with chronic low back pain.”
     Annuls of Internal medicine 2005.
Yoga gently rejuvenates the body. Yoga’s combination of breathing, stretching and strengthening “exercises” are perfect for your back. Yoga has been healing people for thousands of years. It’s natural and it’s not like other forms of exercise which strain muscles and bones.
- Yoga strengthens the muscles that keep your spine in optimal alignment and all the major muscle groups that support the spine.
- The gentle stretching postures in yoga will increase circulation and enhance mobility and by targeting the spine, we can get fluid into the vertebral discs and they will swell up to a healthy volume.
- Yoga increases flexibility - especially in the hips and shoulders - this takes the burden off of your back.
- Yoga’s focus on breathing and connecting breath with movement will allow you to be more aware of movements that you make that may contribute to back pain.
- Not only that, yoga also relaxes you, reduces stress and promotes a sense of well-being.
- Yoga improves your strength, flexibility, and general fitness, but by using specific yoga postures to help your back into correct alignment with the muscles sup-porting the spine.
- Yoga can help you correct bad posture and help you sit, stand and move in a way that supports the spines natural curves.