Archive for November, 2005

Simple yoga stretches and exercises can help alleviate the highest cause of sick leave, say physiotherapists Simon Borg-Olivier and Bianca Machliss. Simon Borg-Olivier, MScBAppSc(Physiotherapy), and Bianca Machliss, MScBAppSc(Physiotherapy), are the directors of Yoga Synergy

Click here to view the full article – Yoga for Low-Back Pain

Note: For many people most of the exercises described in this article are more effective in relieving lower back pain if you do not try to consciously tighten the abdomen by drawing the navel to the spine (or by trying to lift the abdomen off the floor while lying on the abdomen) but rather allow the abdomen to naturally firm by pushing slightly outwards (subject to no increase in discomfort) with the ability to still be able to breathe naturally with the diaphragm into the abdomen.