Yoga, the Best and Easy Treatment for Patients with Lower Back Pain

A recent joint study suggested that yoga participants with chronic lower back pain display a significant improvement on pain intensity in compared to non yoga treatment group.

Yoga is a ancient practical technique of India, included breath control, meditation, bodily movement and gesture,….. with an aim to achieve harmonization of the body, mind, and spirit.

Low back pain is a Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) of degenerative disc disease, affecting over 80% of the population in US alone some points in their life.with pain persisted for longer than 3 months,

In a randomized to either yoga or delayed yoga treatment of 150 military veterans in 2013-2015 with outcomes assessed at baseline, 6 weeks, 12 weeks, and 6 months, group attend yoga lessons expressed a greater reductions in Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire scores than delayed treatment participants at 6 months.

Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire scores (RMQ) is a questionnaire of 24-item patient-reported outcome and measurement about pain-related disability, in this case, it is lower back pain.

The study also found that treatment group displayed improved more on pain intensity and reduced opioid usage at 12 weeks and at 6 months in compared to delay group.

Opioid is a pain reliever with function to binds to one or more of the three opioid receptors of the body, thus reducing pain.

Dr. Groessl EJ, the lead author said, ” Yoga improved health outcomes among veterans despite evidence they had fewer resources, worse health, and more challenges attending yoga sessions than community samples studied previously”.

Other, in a parallel randomized controlled trial comparing yoga to education for 120 Veterans with chronic low back pain, yoga treatment group addressed a great positive effects in improved pain score measured by the Defense and Veterans Pain Rating after 24 weeks.

The Defense & Veterans Pain Rating Scale (DVPRS) is a graphic tool of 1-10 McGill pain scale, used to facilitate self-reported pain diagnoses from patients.

Furthermore, the study also found that continuous yoga participation after study not only benefits on physical pain but also showed improved psychological comorbidities.

In support to the above differentiation, the 95 adults recruited from an urban safety-net hospital and five community health centers comparing once-weekly (n = 49) versus twice-weekly (n = 46) standardized yoga classes supplemented by home practice study insisted that there was no differences between once-weekly and twice-weekly groups for pain reduction, but at the 12 weeks, groups with once-weekly or twice-weekly yoga classes exerted the similarly significant efficacy in pain reduction in both group of adults with moderate to severe chronic low back pain.

Truly, evidences in the working population with non-specific low-back pain participated in kundalini yoga at least two times a week, strongly support the effect of yoga in inhibited pain symptom with a significantly reduction in sickness absenteeism.

Kundalini Yoga (kuṇḍalinī-yoga), also known as laya yoga or “the yoga of awareness” is a form of technique used to build physical vitality and increase consciousness through movement, dynamic breathing techniques, meditation, and the chanting of mantras in aid concentration in meditation.

Taking together, yoga may be one of alternative treatment of ancient techniques having a potential effect in reduced pain in patients with lower back pain, please make sure you mention your specific limitation to your instructor before commencing.

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Sources
(1) Yoga for Military Veterans with Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Groessl EJ1, Liu L2, Chang DG3, Wetherell JL4, Bormann JE5, Atkinson JH4, Baxi S6, Schmalzl L7.(PubMed)
(2) Yoga versus education for Veterans with chronic low back pain: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial by Saper RB1, Lemaster CM2, Elwy AR3,4, Paris R5, Herman PM6, Plumb DN7, Sherman KJ8,9, Groessl EJ10,11, Lynch S12, Wang S7, Weinberg J13.(PubMed)
(3) Comparing Once- versus Twice-Weekly Yoga Classes for Chronic Low Back Painin Predominantly Low Income Minorities: A Randomized Dosing Trial by Saper RB1, Boah AR, Keosaian J, Cerrada C, Weinberg J, Sherman KJ.(PubMed)