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Yoga as good for low back pain as physical therapy
by Andrew M. Seaman

Reuters    Translate This Article
19 June 2017

On 19 June 2017 Reuters reported: Chronic lower back pain is equally likely to improve with yoga [asana] classes as with physical therapy, according to a new study. Twelve weeks of yoga [asanas] lessened pain and improved function in people with low back pain as much as physical therapy sessions over the same period. Physical therapy is the most common non-drug treatment for low back pain prescribed by doctors, according to lead author Dr. Robert Saper, of Boston Medical Center and colleagues. Yoga is also backed by some guidelines and studies as a treatment option, but until now no research has compared the two. Global Good News service views this news as a sign of rising positivity in the field of health, documenting the growth of life-supporting, evolutionary trends.

At the start of the study, participants reported -- on average -- moderate to severe functional impairment and pain. More than two-thirds were using pain medications. . . . After 12 weeks, people in the yoga group were 21 percentage points less likely to used pain medications than those in the education group. That difference was 22 percentage points for physical therapy versus education.

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