Category Archives: Yoga

In his book – Healing Back Pain Naturally by Dr Art Brownstein, the author presents his Back-to-Life Programme which concentrates on yoga-like stretches and meditative and breathing exercises. The key to this process is to strengthen the back muscles, since the origin of most back pain is weak, contracted or atrophied muscles. One of the…

Radiographs are primary tools to rule out etiologies of pain such as masses, fractures, spondylolysis, and spondylolisthesis. Axial imaging such as computed tomography (CT) scans, CT myelograms, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is indicated when other etiologies of back pain or leg pain must be excluded or when spine surgery is being considered. MRI is…

With back pain, the human pelvis has recently become a focus for a considerable amount of new research which is relevant to manual therapy practice. In particular, movement within the pelvis is now being recognised and studied in relation to its role in maintaining stability in the vertebral column and subsequent implications for the prevention…

Kripalu yoga focuses on postural alignment and the weaving together of breath and movement. Iyengar yoga is a gentle form of yoga which is good for beginners, and people who haven’t exercised for some time. Kundalini yoga focuses on chanting, meditation and visualisation as well as breath control and body postures. Hatha yoga is, probably,…