My back hurts. Can yoga help me?

Any condition can have symptoms of back pain, including muscle strains, injuries, osteoarthritis and pregnancy. Steps should be taken to determine the cause of the pain. If it is caused by a strain, injury, or muscle overuse, rest, supplement nutrition, and use alternative health treatments such as chiropractic therapy can relieve the pain. Things like lifting heavy objects should be avoided as much as possible; but if necessary. Learning the right lift method can reduce the risk of injury or strain.

Preventing low back pain--

1. Weight control: Calculate the standard weight based on height to avoid weight gain to reduce the chance of lumbar lordosis and reduce the incidence of low back pain.

2. Exercise the abdominal muscles and back muscles: Consciously exercise the abdominal muscles and back muscles every day. Moderate labor and physical activity can play a good role in exercising the abdominal muscles and back muscles.

3. Strengthen leg strength exercise: Leg muscles play an important role in maintaining good posture. Strong legs can effectively share the burden on the waist and back, preventing and alleviating the formation of low back pain.

4. Exercise flexibility: If your body is not flexible, your chance of waist damage increases. You can enhance flexibility and relieve waist muscle tension by practicing yoga, Tai Chi and other activities.

5. Pay attention to body position: Avoid sitting or standing for long periods of time, and have appropriate time for activity. Pay attention to the height of the seat and the sitting posture. It is best to use a small pillow to pad your waist when sitting. You can remove the small pillow for a few minutes every once in a while, so that your waist can change position frequently. If you sit for too long, you should stand up or walk for a while and do waist stretching to rest your waist muscles.

In addition, the mattress should be improved, with wooden boards best to reduce scoliosis pressure.

Self-treatment of low back pain--

Hot compress method: Put the stir-fried coarse salt and coarse sandbags in a cloth bag and apply them hot to the affected area for 30 minutes each time, once in the morning and evening, taking care not to burn the skin.

Waist wiping method: The operator rubs the palms of his hands tightly, tightly adhere to the patient's waist skin, and repeatedly rub them horizontally until the local area is slightly hot.

Point the waist eye point: The patient is in a prone position, and the operator places the thumbs of both hands on the waist eyes, gradually presses down hard. When the pressure reaches the maximum limit, hold it for half a minute, then slowly reduces the force and returns to the original state, so that the waist is soreness.

Bend back: Stand half a meter away from the wall with your back, your legs as wide as your shoulders, hands akimbo, four fingers in front and your thumbs behind. Press your thumb on your waist, turn your head and drive your upper body to rotate backwards, recover to the maximum extent you can withstand, and repeat this multiple times. The action should be slow, from small to large, and step by step. (Internship Editor: Li Jianhong)