Lower back pain is one of the most common conditions that modern society is faced with and is steadily on the rise, affecting 8 out of 10 adults at some point in their lives. If you begin to develop lower back pain from things like sitting at a computer all day at work or lifting something that is too heavy for you, starting a yoga practice can help you find relief from the pain before more serious conditions have time to form. If you’re wondering how yoga compares to anything else you’ve tried to find long-term relief from the pain then keep reading to see how starting a yoga practice is the best thing you can do for your lower back pain.
Preventing Chronic Low Back Pain
The thing about chronic low back pain is that it doesn’t happen overnight in your body. You don’t wake up one day and have sciatica or other even worse conditions that can form in your lower back and spine. Chronic low back conditions form gradually over long periods of time and when you might not even realize it until a sudden wrong move leaves you reeling in pain.
Once the initial pain from the incident subsides it is important to not just forget about it and continue your life as if nothing ever happened. Your body might be able to temporarily mask the pain but, as you know if you’ve ever sprained an ankle, it is much easier to injure yourself a second time if you’ve already injured yourself there before.
Chronic low back pain develops slowly in your body as the pain in your lower back gets worse the more time goes on and nothing changes in your routine.
You might actually be in really good shape and exercise frequently but your low back pain only seems to be getting worse. Whether you haven’t worked out for 20 years or you work out every day of the week, if you don’t focus on healing the root cause of your low back pain first then everything else you do is only going to make the pain worse overtime.
In order to prevent chronic low back pain from sneaking up on you and becoming a full-force physical and emotional hindrance in your life then it is necessary to first heal the aches and pains that have already built up in your body.
How is Yoga a Practice for Lower Back Pain?
Starting a regular yoga practice will begin to loosen all of the muscles responsible for relieving lower back pain while strengthening your entire body from the inside out. What that means is yoga will force you to dig down deep in your body during your practice and really feel what is causing your pain.
Once you can feel the root cause of the pain in your body it is just a matter of consistently performing a series of yoga poses that are designed to target and heal those specific parts of your body. Yoga puts your body in positions that might be uncomfortable as a beginner but will immediately start rehabilitating your muscles and joints each time that you practice.
Overtime you will be able to go deeper and deeper into each posture, breaking through years of aches and pains that have developed in your lower back.
Aside from the relief that you will begin to feel as you advance in your practice, you might also start to notice all of the other health benefits that a regular yoga practice has for both your body and your mind. Practicing yoga provides long-term relief from chronic lower back pain because once you start practicing you won’t want to stop because of how good your overall health has become.
Commit to a Yoga Practice
It is important to remember when you first start practicing yoga for lower back pain that yoga is just that – a practice. It is not a quick-fix to your lower back pain and long-term relief is only going to happen if you commit to a long-term practice.
Yoga will give you the tools that your body needs in order to be able to heal your lower back pain but it is going to take a lot of time and hard work to find real relief from the pain. Consistently sticking with a regular yoga practice will not only help heal your lower back pain but will also help improve all other aspects of your life, both physically and mentally.
Finding long-term relief from your lower back pain is possible and preventing further chronic low back conditions from forming is the first step in finding that relief. It all depends on whether you are ready to put in the work needed in order to heal the pain that has developed in your body from years of abuse.
As long as you take your yoga practice one day at a time and don’t worry about how long it is going to take to heal your lower back pain, you will find long-term relief from the pain.
What are you going to do to find long-term relief from your lower back pain?
Stick With It!
Hey there!
I think I was destined to find this website. Yes, please relieve me of my pain!
Lower back pain? Yes, I do have it. It’s crazy how many other people are suffering from it. Very interesting infographic.
You’re right. It’s all about the commitment and it will take time. But with patience, I’ll be able to go deeper into each pose. After all, I’m tense as hell so it surely won’t happen overnight.
I think I’m gonna check out your site some more and look into that program that you’re recommending.
Thanks for the great article. It’s a great overview!
Hi Martin, I’m glad you found the site helpful!
It really does just take the motivation to get rid of your lower back pain and then keep taking action, day after day. Yoga has helped me so much with my chronic lower back pain that I really hope you give it a try for yours!
Let me know if you have any questions along the way!