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Back Pain & Spinal Flexion

1/25/2012

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Why is it that most yoga teachers believe that spinal flexion helps alleviate back pain? Let's explore.

What is spinal flexion? Flexion of the spine occurs when your rib cage rounds closer to your pelvis or thighs. In most yoga classes, flexion is achieved by performing common Forward Folds, such as Balasana (child's pose), Uttanasana (standing forward fold), and Paschimottanasana (seated forward fold).

However, there is no anatomical support for yoga teachers' choice to put students with low back pain immediately into a forward-folding position.

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