Yoga provides relief from back pain in several different ways. This has to do with the way the spine is affected by the alignment and function of all the parts of the body. The condition of the legs, hips, pelvis, shoulders and even the buttocks, influences the condition of the back. Due to this, as you improve strength and flexibility throughout the body, your back is in better shape.

Pain from an injury may be sudden and severe. Pain from the lower back can affect anywhere in the lower limb. Pain usually felt in lower back, and sometimes one sided. Pain in the back may occur in any region from the base of the skull to the hips. Nearly all adults suffer at least one back-pain episode during their lives. In fact, nurses rank second in back-pain injuries among all professions. Our areas of speciality include: - Back pain, Neck pain, headaches, sciatica, migraine, shoulder pain, foot pain, whiplash, sports injuries.

Sometimes a better option with back pain is to get the body and back mobile therefore creating blood flow to the effected areas. Which in turn will help clear toxins and blockages from that area. With exercise these areas then receive ‘oxygenated blood’ to the injured area and help recovery and healing quicker. Possibly the hardest part is when one is injured is to motivate yourself to do ’something’ to keep the body mobile.

A smaller, but very popular, group of Yoga styles are off shoots of Hatha Yoga (union by physical mastery). Does this mean that Hatha Yoga is purely physical in nature? No, because depending on the teacher and the sub-style, Hatha also covers mental, emotional, and spiritual health, in various degrees. The variation among Hatha Yoga’s sub-styles covers a wide spectrum of knowledge and approaches toward health.

It gives you the opportunity to try Tai Chi or Yoga. Tai Chi helps back pain because, despite it also being a marital art, it is designed to enhance the body’s resilience, improve flexibility, keep your weight in check and help a person to an easier recovery from injury, all in all a pretty good list of things. One of the reasons that Tai Chi works so well is that it is based on slow movements of the arms, legs and upper body. The person moves slowly, using deep breathing as a technique to help heal.

Whatever your are doing, keep an eye or two on your posture, be aware of what you are doing. Keep your back straight when at your desk, is your body compensating for imbalance? Are you leaning forward, to the side, hunched? Long periods at your desk can cause the above shortening the muscles in your front torso and your back muscles lengthening and becoming weak. Leading chronic neck, shoulder and back pain. So keep aware of your posture.