With a change in the lifestyle many people across the globe are prone to serious back pain. This problem is mostly prevalent in the urban areas and is also caused due to long working hours, wrong sitting posture and many other reasons.

Many people who are suffering from back pain find yoga a very effective exercise in reducing the pain. You must contact your physician and a yoga instructor before starting with yoga. As the major cause of back ache is due to the stiffness and strain in the spinal cord caused due to wrong sitting posture yoga helps a lot in relieving that stiffness.

Yoga if accompanied by an instructor increases your strength and ability. It’s also contracts the tight and the weak muscles which are a cause of back ache. Yoga postures or Asnas that helps in relieving the back pain are as follows:

• Salabhasana or Locust pose
• Bhujangasana or Cobra pose
• Pawanmuktasana or Wind releasing pose (twice each side)
• Balasana or Child pose (sitting)
• Bidalasana or Cat pose

Yoga proves to be the best remedy for back pain. Yoga also helps in relieving back ache if you are pregnant. Some postures of yoga should be avoided in that case. But, you can consult your instructor and resume the yoga exercises.

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