Introduction
If you are suffering from lower back pain, you realize how much it can affect your quality of life. People often promote surgery as a solution, but there are other options. We lose two major contributors to low back pain as we age – flexibility and core strength. One of the best ways to address these two deficits is to make yoga a part of your life. Recent research has suggested that yoga may help reduce the symptoms and severity of lower back pain.1 A review in the Journal of Pain found yoga provides better relief than other forms of exercise, and is more effective than self-care.
A study published in Spine found similar results when comparing yoga to other forms of exercise for long-term pain relief.
Surgery isn’t always the answer to lower back pain, but many feel they don’t have much choice. This can be due to lack of knowledge, finances or a lack of success with non-surgical options.
You may require surgery if you have significant sensory or motor impairment, which often manifests as leg pain, numbness, or weakness. However, there are many other options that can improve isolated, low-back pain.
Other than surgery, what can a person do?
Other than surgery, what can a person do?
If you’re going to avoid surgery, you should consider doing the following:
- Stretching. Stretching your lower back muscles helps reduce muscle fatigue and tightness, which can cause pain. You can stretch on your own by lying down and using your arms or legs to pull yourself into a seated position. Or you can ask someone else to help you with this exercise. If stretching doesn’t seem like it’s working for you, try yoga instead; research has shown that yoga helps people with chronic low back pain improve their flexibility and range of motion in addition to reducing their overall symptoms of injury or strain in their lower backs
There are often other options to consider as a first line of defense. Recent research has suggested that yoga may help reduce the symptoms and severity of lower back pain.
1. A review in the Journal of Pain found yoga provides better relief than other forms of exercise, and is more effective than self-care.
2. A study published in Spine found similar results when comparing yoga to other forms of exercise for long-term pain relief.
3. As a first line of defense, you should consider the many benefits of yoga over surgery. A recent study in The Journal of Pain found that yoga provides better relief than other forms of exercise, and is more effective than self-care.
Another study published in Spine found similar results when comparing yoga to other forms of exercise for long-term pain relief.
Moreover, because of these findings, it should be no surprise that the American College of Physicians recently recommended against lumbar spine fusion surgery unless noninvasive therapies have failed to relieve your back pain or if you have advanced degenerative disc disease (DDD).
Conclusion
In summary, surgery isn’t always the best option for lower back pain. There are many non-surgical options to consider which may provide the same or better results than surgery. We hope this advice will help you in your search for lower back pain relief.
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