Yoga and Low Back Pain US Study

A recent study conducted by a US University shows that practicing yoga can help ease chronic lower back pain.

The study involved dividing 90 people, aged 23 to 66, who had mild to moderate functional disability as a result of back pain into two groups.

One group did 90-minute sessions of Iyengar yoga twice a week for six months. The other group continued whatever medical therapy or treatments they'd been doing.

At the three-month and six-month marks, a greater proportion of those who'd done yoga reported improvements in their pain and functioning as measured by questionnaires that asked about pain levels, difficulty performing physical tasks and pain medications being taken. Yoga participants also reported fewer symptoms of depression.

Iyengar yoga, a form of hatha yoga, builds strength, flexibility and balance through the practice of a series of specific poses or “asnas”.

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