Yoga helps low back pain

by rcentor on December 20, 2005

From the Annals of Internal Medicine
Link for subscribers – Comparing Yoga, Exercise, and a Self-Care Book for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

Editors’ Notes

Context

* Yoga combines exercise with achieving a state of mental focus through breathing. In the United States, 1 million people practice yoga for low back pain.

Contribution

* The authors recruited patients who had a recent primary care visit for low back pain and randomly assigned 101 to yoga or conventional exercise or a self-care book. Patients in the yoga and exercise groups reported good adherence at 26 weeks. Compared with self-care, symptoms were milder and function was better with yoga. The exercise group had intermediate outcomes. Symptoms improved between 12 and 26 weeks only with yoga.

Implications

* Yoga was a more effective treatment for low back pain than a self-care book.

—The Editors

I know the senior author very well. He has studied low back pain his entire career, always in a thoughtful manner. Thus, I believe the results – and will recommend this to friends and patients.

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{ 3 comments… read them below or add one }

tina December 20, 2005 at 2:39 pm

I took one of the “hot” yoga classes for a bit.

I often have had global stiffness through my neck and lower back with fleeting episodes of mild sciatica. Running, streching, or any of the martial arts classes I took seemed not to reduce the discomfort. I took the yoga class for about a month and found about five of the poses were particularly useful in making the pain and stiffness go away. So now I do those and it seems to be prevent the back problems for the most part.

John (no more low back pain) Jones April 30, 2008 at 5:16 pm

Good post. I have found yoga to be effective particularly in combination with Pilates.

Pilates is a great exercise form that combines the best of both Eastern and Western techniques. Pilates uses exercises, breathing and stretching to keep the muscles strong and limber. If you’re battling back pain of any kind, a program of pilates may be exactly what you need to follow in order to build your muscle strength and flexibility while finding mental relief from anxiety. The big advantage of pilates as an exercise program is everyone can do it.

Pilates uses many moves that stretch the muscles. It includes a lot of exercises for the lower back and the abdomen muscles. Those are the exact muscles you want to strengthen in order to lessen or even eliminate back pain. There are plenty of floor exercises such as the plank, leg lifts and pelvic lifts. A common form of pilates found in gyms today use many yoga moves which promote emotional calm. You can do all these exercises at home to which is ideal for most people with back pain.

Robin Rothenberg May 22, 2008 at 11:23 pm

My name is Robin Rothenberg and I participated in the study mentioned above. I am a yoga therapist in Washington state and provided instruction to the participants. I’ve recently published a book based on this study – a CD/book program that can be done at home. I healed my own back pain with yoga and have helped many others – I am a firm believer! Please visit my site to see more, or pass it on to others you know who could benefit. http://www.piyogatherapy.com

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