Yoga and Relief from Back Pain

An estimated 80% of the world’s population experience some type of back pain at some point in their life. So statistically, 5 billion people will encounter back pain to some degree. That’s outrageously high for a problem that is easily preventable and curable. Unfortunately, people are unaware of how to prevent back pain, and how to handle it once it arises.

Research has convincingly confirmed that yoga is a natural form of medicine for our bodies, treating and avoiding back pain. We recommend yoga in a retreat at Bali as your number one choice of treatment.

If you practice yoga at a Bali retreat, you are already aware of its numerous health benefits. Even as physically, yoga stretches and strengthens your muscles, mentally, yoga has the power to reduce stress, make you aware of the present and increase your happiness. Thus, when it comes to back pain, the physical benefits of strength and flexibility alone can impact your condition greatly.

To understand how yoga physically improves the aches and pains in your back, let’s first address the issue of proper yoga teacher training and its impact on flexibility. One of the main causes of back pain is muscle tension. Your flexibility relies on your joints, ligaments, tendons, and muscles. As you stretch these areas of your body in a yoga retreat at Bali you naturally increase your range of motion. With increase in your range of motion, you become more balanced. In addition, stretching relaxes tense muscles and increases circulation in your body. The naturally flow of yoga poses force your muscles to loosen up in these areas. In fact, if you’re suffering from purely muscle tension issues, yoga teacher training in yoga poses may be enough to completely solve your problem.

Yoga in a retreat at Bali is such a wonderful medicine for preventing injuries and promoting recovery because tissues become relaxed and lengthened, resulting in more room for blood flow and oxygen. Problems are often centred around the spine tension and reflected in areas like shoulders and hips. Work on lengthening and loosening these highly tense areas through these yoga poses in a Bali yoga retreat.

Building strength is always a good way to keep your body healthy. Most people suffer from back problems because they are overweight. Weakness in our abdominal muscles often causes back pain as our abs are the front foundation of the spine. When it comes to back relief, yoga teacher training is wonderful because it focuses on our core. The stronger your core muscles, the less likely you are to strain them. Yoga teaches that all body systems are interconnected, and that it takes a full body approach to aid recovery and prevent injuries.

The unique thing about yoga teacher training is that it incorporates focus, concentration, strength, and flexibility. These characteristics combine to provide our bodies with wonderful health benefits. Mindfully flexing and strengthening is the key to increasing body mobility and preventing injury. Try it at a Bali yoga retreat. Your back is sure to thank you.