Background: Low back pain (LBP) has been a global public health concern since 1990. The annual and lifetime prevalence of LBP in India is 51% and 66% respectively. The underlying cause of LBP may be due to errors like maintaining wrong body postures while working, sitting, standing, or sleeping. These errors can be restored or maintained by practicing yoga on daily basis. Therapeutic yoga being a scientic and cost-effective lifestyle modication for LBP, this study was planned to evaluate the add on effectiveness of therapeutic asanas in LBP. To evaluate the add-on effectiveness of a set of therap Aims: Methods eutic asanas in low backache. And Materials: A total of forty-six subjects (study group n=26, control group n=20) were recruited for this study from IPD and OPD departments of Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara college of ayurveda and hospital, Hassan. Back pain functional scale (BPFS) was used to assess the extent of pain before and after intervention. : This study found that subjects who adapte Results d 15 days of yoga package along with their regular therapies for low backache had statistically signicant reduction in pain (0.286±0.093) at the end of the study compared to control group (0.178 ±.055), t (41) =5.893, p=<0.05. Practicing the prescribed set of therapeutic asanas reg Conclusion: ularly for 15 days enhanced the exibility and strengthened the musculature & ligaments leading to the reduction in severity of pain. Hence it can be concluded that Asanas that have backward and lateral bending poses will benet the correction of spinal curvature, strengthens back muscles and spines which in turn reduce the pain in low back.
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