Wednesday, October 26, 2011

New Study Shows Yoga Helps Back Pain!

Yesterday's New York Times published an article detailing the elements of the study.
This new study, published in The Archives of Internal Medicine, followed 200 people for 6 months.Patients took a 75-minute yoga class and did daily yoga exercises on their own.

“Compared with self-care, yoga and stretching class participants were significantly more likely to rate their back pain as better, much better or completely gone at all follow-up times,” the study noted.
“More participants in the yoga and stretching groups were very satisfied with their overall care for back pain."
Click here for full Times story.

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