Monday 21 April 2014

Yoga Poses for Lower Back Pain

The natural position that your body takes sitting in a conventional desk is really hard on your back, especially the lower back, and adding some restorative poses to help counteract all that sitting can make a big difference. It is a good idea to understand the yoga poses and just how they apply to your back condition. Armed with just a little knowledge on the subject of yoga poses for back pain you are able to select the poses that can best help you reduce your back pain.

It's possible to relieve lower back pain with yoga techniques. A careful balance of stretches and strengthening moves can open up tight spaces within the body and rebalance the muscles.

Standing Forward Bend

Forward bending is such a beneficial exercise, and it’s an excellent way to use the power of gravity to gently stretch your low back after chair pose. To begin, stand up straight, with your arms by your sides. On your next inhale, raise your arms over your head, then swan dive forward, bending at your waist. You can put your hands on the floor, if you can reach, or grab on to your thighs, calves, ankles, or feet. You may also use the opposite hands to clasp your elbows, which could help you go deeper into the stretch by permitting gravity to pull your head toward the floor.

Downward dog

This pose can be challenging for people without a lot of yoga experience, but it can also be very satisfying. Begin in which you ended cat and cow pose still on your hands and knees with your back straight. Walk the palms of your hands outward so that they are angled to the floor from your shoulders. Use your toes to push your legs straight so your bottom becomes the top a triangle. It is best if your feet are flat on the floor as well as the inexperienced you may need to start by balancing on your toes and also the ball of your foot. Relax in to the pose and lean your body as far back into your legs as possible but remain comfortable. Breathe in this position for as long as you can. Try to carry it for ten or even more breaths.

Wind Relieving Pose

This position is also performed flat on the back. While you inhale, bend the knee, placing the hands below the knee cap and drawing the lower limb toward the chest. Keep the other leg flat. While you exhale, bring the forehead as much as touch the knee. Inhale. On the following exhalation return to the original position and repeat the sequent using the opposite leg.

Cat/Cow

Start on your hands and knees with your wrists under your shoulders and your knees under your hips. On an inhale, arch your spine, lift your face, and appear up. As you exhale, round your back, hollow your belly, and scoop your tailbone. Try to initiate the movement in the base of the spine in both directions (inhale and exhale). Articulate and feel every vertebrae of your spine. (If you're in pain, do this action slowly and never as deeply as at other times). This yoga pose is really a classic to warm up the whole spine, as well as to get in touch with the way the breath can work in conjunction with movement, creating greater awareness and connection to the spine and the body generally.

Child’s Pose

Roll over and take Child’s Pose for one minute or even more. Try knees wide, big toes closer, but end with knees together for any neutral spinal stretch. If your head doesn’t touch the floor, convey a yoga block or fists under your forehead so that you can relax completely. Breathe slowly into your back body, expanding more nourishing energy and space on the inhale, and on the exhales, let more and more tension dissolve.

Bridge Pose

Lie down on your back now, bending the knees and placing feet sitz bones distance apart and parallel. Press down the feet so that as you inhale begin to lift the hips up. Clasp the hands underneath you and also press the arms and feet down while you continue to lift up. Just like our previous backbend (locust variation), notice the way the breath creates a natural rise and fall. Don't ‘jam’ the hips and pelvis in space, squeezing the lower back narrow. Emphasize the ‘inner spiral’ action of the legs by keeping the legs parallel and pressing down more with the inner edges of the feet. Breathe as much as one minute and slowly release.

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