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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=210 BGCOLOR="#99CC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0408dfc3.jpg"> <div> <B><IMG SRC="092b1af0.jpg" border=0 width="177" height="175" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=82 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0418dfe1esnpes.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#006600" FACE="BD Northern" ><B>Yoga Exercises for Lower Back Pain</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#336699" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>    </B></FONT><B> </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Yoga Exercises for Lower Back Pain"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>History and Background</B><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Instructions"><U><B>Instructions</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Yoga Postures"><U><B>Yoga Postures</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Related Links"><U><B>Related Links</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Me"><U><B>Contact Me</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="References"><U><B>References</B></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=398 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0418dfc3.jpg"> <div> Yoga for Back Pain</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="07b73730.jpg" border=0 width="115" height="115" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>oooooooooooooooooooooooo</B></div> <div> <B>What is Yoga?</B></div> <div> <B>oooooooooooooooooooooooo</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="08373730.jpg" border=0 width="115" height="115" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a8011866003300.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Yoga originates in India and goes back nearly 3,000 years. Yoga is derived from Sanskrit and means "joining together". Yoga strives to unite the body and the mind, and involves the whole person. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a8011866003300.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Yoga is not just an exercise, but a series of gentle postures and poses. These poses are held anywhere from 5-60 seconds   </B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a8011866003300.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Yoga combines both mental and physical activity. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a8011866003300.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The two most common types of yoga are </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#CC00FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>hatha</B></FONT><B> and </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#3333CC" FACE="Arial" ><B>raja</B></FONT><B>.</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo</B></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >    </FONT>  <B>*     </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#330066" FACE="Arial" ><B>Hatha yoga enhances musculoskeletal strength flexibility, balance, agility and coordination.</B></FONT></div> <div> <B>  </B></div> <div> <B>        *        Raja benefits the mind by relaxing and quieting the mind,</B> <B>increased mental stimulation and an ability to handle stress.</B><B> </B></div> <div> <B>oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Benefits</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a8011866009900.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Yoga encourages the individual to sensitize himself or herself to their limits while teaching that physical limits often change.  </div> <div>  </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a80118ff663300.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Yoga strengthens the muscles of your back and your abdominal muscles benefit.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a80118ff00ff00.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Stress is reduced and fresh oxygen flows to the muscles, because breathing and relaxation are a part of yoga.</div> <bR> <div> iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii</div> <bR> <div> <B>The Five Principles of Yoga</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c002a01180000ff00.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Proper relaxation</U></B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#262626" FACE="Arial" ><B>- Performing relaxation exercises each day to relieve tension, and let go of your worries.</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c002a01180000ff00.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Proper exercise</U></B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#262626" FACE="Arial" ><B>- Perfoming the postures of yoga in a careful and systematic way. Never straining. These postures will stretch and tone the body, while keeping the joints flexible.</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c002a01180000ff00.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Proper breathing</U></B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#262626" FACE="Arial" ><B>- breathing fully, inhaling fully and exhaling fully to make use of the entire lung.</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c002a01180000ff00.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Proper diet</U></B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#262626" FACE="Arial" ><B>-  Eat a well-balanced and healthy diet, with a focus on natural foods.</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c002a01180000ff00.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Positive thinking and meditation</U></B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#262626" FACE="Arial" ><B>- Thinking positively will restore the mind, remove negative thoughts from the mind, and bring calm to your life.</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii</div> <bR> <div> <B>What Scientific Research Says:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a7011833006600.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Exercise reduces abstenteeism from work in chronic or acute back pain.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a7011833006600.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Exercises such as yoga decrease pain, decrease pain medication needed and increase healing time of back strain.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a7011833006600.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">By exercising the back and abdominal muscles with exercises such as yoga, future back discomfort can be reduced and in some cases eliminated.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a7011833006600.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Yoga has been used to treat multiple physical problems such as arthritis, multiple sclerosis and muscoloskeltal injuries such as lower back strain.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="05b73730.jpg" border=0 width="115" height="115" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>