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Article Category: Research Article
| Online Publication Date: 08 Sept 2009
Asana-Based Exercises for the Management of Low-Back Pain
Asana-Based Exercises for the Management of Low-Back Pain
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The present study evaluates a number of simple asanas which may be used as rehabilitative techniques on the basis of biomechanical principles. This study also suggests a set of asanas which work on the back with increasing intensity. A series of tests are presented for assessing the physiological debility of a patient. The assessment results form the basis for the selection of asanas to be prescribed to the patient. A chart is provided to enable the yoga therapist to increase the intensity of asanas so that the muscles of the low-back may be strengthened systematically and progressively
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