The followers of Yoga claim it helps human body to fight against aches and pain, using a range of stretches. However, it would appear that ancient yoga practice really does wonder and could perform even better than visiting to a doctor.
The sufferers of common lower back pain, did three months of classes in the therapeutic discipline and were capable to perform everyday jobs, which they earlier found to impossible to perform. Some sufferers claimed the effects remained continue for a year after they had finished the sessions. The degree to which yoga helps human body and mind remains highly challenging.
For analyzing the extent to which yoga helps human body, a research team from the University of York examined effects of yoga on around three hundred patients suffering chronic lower back pain, a common lower back condition which affects one in five adults worldwide. Half of the study participants followed a twelve-week course of yoga.
The twelve-week yoga classes included breathing and relaxation techniques and postures to improve strength and mobility. Participants in yoga group were also given mats and encouraged to practice a couple of times a week at home. The remaining participants continued to visiting their doctors and were given painkillers, exercises and in some cases physiotherapy also.
Before and after the twelve-week program, all study participants filled out questionnaires, explaining, how much trouble they had with their routine chores, their pain and general health. The study findings showed that after twelve weeks patients who attended yoga classes were capable to do thirty percent more everyday jobs, in comparison to those who continued to visit their GPs.
But, yoga did not appear to ease patients’ pain. It only enabled them to perform more household chores like gardening. Nevertheless, yoga helped patients feel more confident in performing everyday jobs in spite of their pain. The study findings were published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
According to chief investigator Professor David Torgerson, back pain is a tremendously common and costly condition. Exercise treatment, although widely used and recommended, has only a small effect on back pain. Therefore, they begin to investigate a substitute approach using a specially-developed weekly yoga programme for back pain patients to see if this allowed them to manage their back pain more successfully.
source: Internet