Strike a Pose, Say Goodbye to Back Pain: Online Yoga Classes Proven to Reduce Discomfort by 6 Times
- 3-fold improvement in back-related functions and 10-fold improvement in sleep quality
View larger image A new study found that taking and following online yoga classes can reduce chronic back pain by up to six times. This is the content reported by the health and medicine webzine ‘Health Day’ based on a paper by researchers at the Cleveland Clinic in the United States published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA Network Open) on the 1st (local time).
Standard treatment for chronic back pain recommends physical therapy or yoga before using painkillers. However, it may not be easy for some people to go to a yoga academy and learn yoga.
In this case, it was found that if a person took an online class and followed yoga, the pain was reduced six times more than a chronic back pain patient who did not. Additionally, online yoga students’ back-related function was found to improve nearly three times. “This study shows that an online yoga class program can be a safe and effective treatment option for chronic back pain,” said study lead author Dr. Robert Seifer, a wellness and preventive medicine physician at the Cleveland Clinic.
Researchers randomly selected 140 patients with chronic back pain to participate in live streaming yoga online classes for 12 weeks or to continue their usual treatment. All participants were Cleveland Clinic employee wellness program participants living in Ohio and Florida. The yoga instructor taught yoga movements specifically developed to treat patients with back pain.
After 12 weeks, along with improvements in pain and function, the number of patients who reported using painkillers in the yoga group decreased by 34%. They also reported a 10-fold improvement in sleep quality. Even after 24 weeks, the yoga students’ pain and back-related function improvements were maintained.
“Yoga offers a comprehensive approach to managing back pain that is often lacking with traditional treatments,” said Dr. Harley Tanka of the Cleveland Clinic and lead author of the study. “Now we need to increase access to this safe and effective treatment.” “There is,” he emphasized.
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