Back pain affects yoga about 1 in 10 people. This persistent pain in the yoga lumbar vertebrae, located just above the coccyx, is called benign or nonspecific low back pain.
It causes a limitation of movements, an increased sedentary lifestyle, recurrent negative thoughts, emotional difficulties and repeated work stoppages, as established by a study published in 2010 .
Some people feel helpless, with nearly 60% of people with low back pain believing they can’t recover.
They multiply treatments and care, without deriving any lasting benefit. And the costs of care for Medicare are soaring.
Thus, a French study on a cohort of people followed in general medicine showed that the duration of low back pain was more
than one year in 81% of patients, with an average total cost per patient over six months of 715 euros, in 2007.
Movement is necessary
To cure back pain, movement is necessary, as the campaign points out .
Taking the stairs instead of the elevator, stopping at a metro or tram station earlier, using a bicycle as soon as possible to get around, swimming are the beginnings of the answer.
These physical efforts are a blessing in disguise, much more effective than rest in overcoming lower .
Rest is a bad reflex, acquired during episodic illnesses such as the flu. The less people move, the less they feel able to move. Physical inactivity makes them more vulnerable to other health problems.
Lower back pain becomes more complicated and chronic. This process is called the vicious circle of deconditioning On the other hand, the danger would be to go too far, too fast, too hard.
Taking pain-masking treatments, practicing excessive sport or “doing it” (blaming aging, professional overwork, burn-out, family constraints, etc.) makes it possible to forget the evil but does not solve anything.
Move more, but not just any how
Move more, yes, but not just anyhow. Research is increasingly exploring the rich field of non-drug interventions. The High Authority for Health (HAS) ,
Inserm and the Academy of Medicine are interested in it.
Non-drug interventions (NMI) specific to low will target muscular (such as postural muscle strengthening), neuromuscular (such as flexibility), neurological (such as pain management), postural (such as workstation) aspects.
psychological (such as pain desensitization and stress regulation), social (such as work organization) and environmental (such as bedding).
These INM will call on trained professionals, physiotherapist masseur, osteopath, acupuncturist, adapted physical activity teacher (APA), psychologist or professional in therapeutic education.
A specific osteopathy program for low back pain for yoga
- Some studies are particularly interesting. Thus, the clinical trial conducted by the team of British doctor and researcher
- Nefyn Howard Williams evaluated the benefits of an osteopathy method in people suffering from acute and subacute spinal pain (i.e. low intensity).
- The randomized controlled trial included 201 people aged 16 to 65. They had consulted their general practitioner for pain in the neck or in the back which had appeared between 2 and 12 weeks previously.
- The osteopathy sessions were spaced one to two weeks apart, within a maximum time interval of two months. The program included manual techniques and advice on regular physical activity.
- The results show, at the end of the two months of osteopathic intervention, a decrease in the intensity of spinal pain and an improvement in the quality of life compared to the control group.
- After six months, the quality of life remained superior to the control group. On the other hand, pain levels no longer differed between the two groups.
- The healthcare costs specific to spinal pain were significantly higher for the group receiving the osteopathic intervention (88 euros per patient in total).
Psychotherapy adapted to low back pain
Another study, this time with psychotherapy. The trial led by the team of Swedish researcher Steven Linton , published in 2015, evaluates the effectiveness of an intervention.
carried out with workers and their employers to prevent disabilities due to back pain . The intervention is compared to usual management of low back pain.
140 people aged 27 to 65 took part in this study, carried out in a Swedish nursing home. They suffered from low back pain, with a high risk of developing a chronic musculoskeletal disorder.
The researchers counted for each person the days off work linked to musculoskeletal disorders, the use of care, the perceived state of health and the intensity muscarinic receptors of the pain.
The study shows a reduction by two of the average days off work six months after the intervention (38 days, instead of 17). The difference is statistically significant compared to the control group.
The researchers also observed an improvement in the state of perceived health and a reduction in the use of care for the test group.
Yoga, a relevant non-drug intervention
- Yoga is also part of the relevant non-drug interventions against low back pain. A meta-analysis published in January 2017 reviews all the scientific studies on the use of yoga in low back pain and indicates benefits.
- These yoga programs include physical exercises, breathing exercises, relaxation and yoga, meditation techniques. They promote mindfulness and strengthen the connection between body and mind.
- Who to contact to hope to get rid of back pain? The role of the general practitioner and/or specialist is to identify the origin of the pain, its severity and its evolution. He can thus propose the most suitable non-drug intervention for the patient’s low – or even suggest several.
the preference of the patient and the feasibility of the intervention.
General practitioners and specialists are increasingly familiar with the NPIs and the local network of professionals running them.
Mutuals are beginning to reimburse some of them. Against , you have to move more, but above all move better.
General practitioners and specialists are increasingly familiar with the NPIs and the local network of professionals running them.
Yoga is also part of the relevant non-drug interventions against low back pain. A meta-analysis published in January 2017 reviews all the scientific studies on the use of yoga in low back pain and indicates benefits.
Mutuals are beginning to reimburse some of them. Against back pain, you have to move more, but above all move better.
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