Research shows that yoga can relieve chronic low back pain

The United States West Virginia University completed study published in the September issue of the journal spine.

Researchers will be 90 men aged in 23-year-old to 66 years of mild or moderate chronic low back pain patients into two groups for testing. In 6 months time, a group of people doing twice a week the last 90 minutes of yoga practice, another group to continue to accept their ongoing drug treatment or medical care.

6 months later, the two groups of researchers to conduct questionnaire surveys, in patients with problems including pain levels, complete an action of ease, using analgesic drugs, etc.

They found that Yoga Group of patients, pain-relief, increased the proportion of physical function than the control group. In addition, Yoga Group has depressive symptoms in less than the control group.

Authors, West Virginia University public medical Assistant Professor Kimberly · Williams said, compared with the control group, Yoga Group of patients demonstrated significant "three little" phenomenon: namely, less pain, less loss of function of the body, fewer depressive symptoms.

Experts explained that chronic low back pain patients tend to reduce the amount of exercise to avoid exercise on waist greater damage.

In fact, the reduction of activities will make the lumbar muscle degeneration, exacerbate chronic pain; while yoga is enhanced lumbar muscle function, reduce the burden on the spine so that the pain symptoms have improved.