| Therapeutic forms of Yoga have been around for | | | | Yoga classes. |
| thousands of years. Among the many ailments of | | | | During work hours, it would be advisable to drink a fair |
| humankind is back pain. Long before the personal | | | | amount of water. Sometimes, the act of hydrating can |
| computer was invented, people suffered with pain in | | | | create more fluids throughout the body. As the body |
| their backs. Albeit, the usual source of our ancestor's | | | | sits still, the vertebrae tend to squeeze moisture out of |
| pains and aches were often related to manual labor. | | | | the discs. With that said, it may be wise to lower your |
| From within Hatha Yoga, many therapeutic styles have | | | | coffee intake during working hours. This is not a |
| sprung up. One of the most common ailments Yoga | | | | mandate to give up coffee completely, but to be |
| teachers observe, in students today, is pain that | | | | moderate in your consumption. |
| originates from the spine or the muscles surrounding | | | | If your office permits, it might be good to sit on a |
| the spine. Therapeutic Yoga techniques can be | | | | stability ball while you are at your desk, part of the day. |
| practiced as a form of prevention or as a remedy to | | | | This gives relief to the lumbar region, sacrum, pelvis, |
| chronic pain. | | | | and hips. It is only natural to gently rock in circular and |
| A physically, active lifestyle is beneficial to anyone who | | | | linear movements, as you are doing your office work, |
| spends excessive time sitting. When we spend time | | | | while sitting on the stability ball. To receive proper |
| sitting - during our commute, at our desk, operating a | | | | instruction, on how to use a stability ball, you may want |
| laptop, and watching television when we get home, we | | | | to attend a specialized Yoga or Pilates workshop. |
| then need to spend time on good posture all day long. | | | | If you spend an hour of constant sitting, you should get |
| In fact, we have to sleep in good posture with the best | | | | up for at least five minutes and walk or practice Yoga |
| possible alignment. This requires the use of pillows, a | | | | postures. You could easily practice lunges, balancing |
| firm mattress, and knowledge of proper skeletal | | | | poses, forward bends, back bends, lateral bends, or |
| alignment. However, most people are advised, by their | | | | twists from standing or seated positions. |
| family doctor or chiropractor, to practice Yoga or | | | | If you add small five minute segments of Yoga |
| adopt an exercise routine which is beneficial to skeletal | | | | movement to your daily routine, your back pain will be |
| alignment. This may involve any form of exercise, | | | | reduced or eliminated. |
| which stimulates your body and mind or by attending | | | | |