The Yoga rules

By Glen Wood

Yoga is an excellent therapy for healing sore and injured back muscles, reducing recovery time, preventing re-injury, and reducing the risk of disability from back pain. Yoga helps alleviate lower back pain by strengthening and stretching the muscles of the lower back, reducing inflammation and increasing circulation of blood and prana. Regular yoga practice also improves posture and body mechanics, relieving pain and preventing injury by keeping the spine in proper alignment.

Choose an exercise program that is not too intense. Slowly increase the intensity of stretches and strengthening exercises to prevent aggravation in the spine. There may be a little back pain after exercises but don't be put of. Try again at less intensity. Choosing the right Yoga for back pain will strengthen the spine and increase flexibility. This is necessary for support and greater range of motion.

Yoga is a physical and mental practice that involves the body, mind, and spirit. The most common form practiced in the United States is Hatha Yoga, which includes specific movements or postures (asanas), deep breathing (pranayama), and sometimes meditation (dhyana).

"In yoga there is a difference between pain and suffering. Pain is often caused by physical things, but the mind fuels the fires of suffering by thinking about it and coming to negative conclusions, which activates your stress response system," says Dr. McCall. "When you do meditation or breathing practices, you start to see the role that the mind plays. Advanced mediators can modulate their pain. They know the pain is there, but they don't react to it the same way."

Yoga for the Back - Yoga for the back offers a mind-body approach to nurturing a healthy back. During the class, the participants not only work on posture improvement, but also practice stress management techniques such as breathing, vitalization, awareness and meditation in order to live mindfully and recognize the early warning signs of back pain caused by stress.

Meditation and yoga are obviously appealing for a lot of people, and they certainly have many benefits for anyone who chooses to pursue them diligently. For instance, for low back pain sufferers who have had previous experience with yoga and meditating, extending that practice may be an excellent and practical self-treatment strategy.

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