| If you're suffering from chronic lower back pain and | | | | At the end of the six months, the people in the Iyengar |
| are looking for exercises or some way to treat it | | | | yoga group had reduced pain and greater function and |
| without medications or want to find some way to get | | | | significantly reduced their symptoms of depression |
| pain relief and quit taking any drugs, a new study may | | | | more so than those who took pain medications. And |
| help you. The NIH, the National Institutes of Health, | | | | amazingly, after another six months after the study |
| funded the study designed to compare pain | | | | had ended they continued to reap the benefits! |
| medications with a particular style of yoga for | | | | Once you take a class in Iyengar yoga, you can do |
| treatment of lower back pain. | | | | most of the postures at home with your own supports. |
| As you may know if you're having chronic pain or | | | | If you've been suffering from chronic lower back pain, |
| chronic lower back pain or any pain in the lower back it | | | | it's certainly worth a try. It's always good to find |
| can cause you to be depressed. Depression just | | | | alternative treatments for chronic lower back pain to |
| seems to go along with it and for good reason, but in | | | | help reduce or stop pain medications if you're taking |
| this new study, depression is also relieved in the | | | | them and avoid possible dependence or addiction. |
| course of treatment. | | | | Iyengar yoga is easy to learn and can be done at |
| The people in the study were divided into two groups. | | | | home. In this study, just the twice a week sessions |
| One group was taking the usual pain medications and | | | | over the six months showed significant improvement |
| the other group practicing yoga two times a week for | | | | so it's well worth the effort. |
| about six months. The type of yoga was Iyengar. | | | | Why not try Iyengar yoga and experience the benefits |
| Created by using particular movements of the muscles | | | | yourself. Also, there is a lot you can do to reduce, |
| Iyengar yoga focuses on body alignment. It differs | | | | diminish or stop chronic lower back pain besides |
| from other styles of yoga because it uses wall ropes, | | | | medications and in addition to Iyengar yoga. Many |
| chairs and blocks. | | | | have done it and no longer suffer. Make sure to check |
| These supports are used to help support the body | | | | with your doctor, whether you know the cause of |
| during postures, otherwise called asanas. They help | | | | your pain or not, before starting any new exercise or |
| decrease any pain in the muscles and joints. For | | | | treatment program. Think alternative treatments and |
| people new to Iyengar yoga the supports make yoga | | | | treatments without drugs whenever you can to avoid |
| easy to learn. | | | | the risks that all drugs bring. |