Yoga For Low Back Pain?

If you suffer from lower back pain, you may have decided that it’s just a part of getting old.

However, this isn’t true. If you look after your body you’ll likely be able to enjoy a long and active life.

You don’t have to deal with back pain every time that you do a little yard work or rearrange your furniture. You may have read about using natural back pain remedies to heal your back. Sometimes these natural cures include exercise, like yoga. The practice of yoga has many moves that can be beneficial in preventing and relieving lower back pain.

Common advice given to people suffering from back pain is that the abdominal and back muscles simply need to be strengthened. Although this is likely true, you should not forget that these muscles also need to be lengthened. Additionally, exercise and stretching should not only focus on the muscles in the center of the back and middle of the stomach, but also on the muscles on the sides of the trunk as well. Yoga will not only strengthen all of these muscles, but lengthen them too. These stronger, longer muscles will protect the back from injury.

More importantly Yoga is good for back pain because it corrects muscle imbalances in the body. If you have exercised the abdominal muscles but neglected the back muscles, poor posture and weak muscles will result. This poor posture will put stress on your body and set you up for repeated back injuries.

If you are susceptible to back injuries, you may be tempted to work only on the abdominal and back muscles. Although it is good to be strong in the core muscles of the body, weak leg muscles and pelvic muscles can also contribute to poor posture, causing stress on the pelvis and lower back.

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