Yoga May Be Effective For Back Pain

Yoga could be effective treatment of chronic back pain , considered therapists medical school at Boston University.

This method of alternative medicine has been tested on volunteers, who ordered the weekly yoga for 75 minutes for 12 weeks. Participants were taught basic yoga, breathing techniques and the basics of meditation. Doctors also strongly recommended home practice for 30 minutes a day, inviting people to directories, CD-ROMs with exercises, a special mat and yoga strap.

After 12 weeks was recorded that the pain symptoms in the lumbar spine decreased by one third in the yoga group compared with the control group, in which signs of pain decreased by only 5%, although the parties to take pain killers. Use painkillers among yoga students declined by 80 percent. In addition, thanks to yoga significantly improved the physical function of patients.

The researchers concluded that yoga can be a simple, medical type is generall and effective against back pain.