Formerly a member of a Division I university-level rowing team, the anonymous contributor stated that yoga exercises for back pain have allowed her to stay as active as ever.
Plenty of daily activities can take a toll on your back muscles. Whether you sit in an office chair for hours on end or bend and stoop repeatedly during the day, backaches are almost certain to plague you as you get older. That's one reason why Dahn Yoga poses for back pain are so popular.
Even for the young, back pain can be a serious problem. Just ask a 27-year-old former rower, who contributed a food diary to a recent issue of The Washingtonian.
Formerly a member of a Division I university-level rowing team, the anonymous contributor stated that yoga exercises for back pain have allowed her to stay as active as ever.
Newly published research has confirmed that yoga techniques may reduce the aches and pains caused by back problems. A study appearing in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine found that adults with chronic back pain benefited the most from yoga- and stretching-based therapies.
Millions of people could potentially put this discovery to good use. According to the National Institutes of Health, eight in every 10 Americans suffer from backaches at some point in their lives.
