One of the essential parts of the human body is the spine, and very few understand its importance in mental and physical health.

The spine is a part of the central nervous system that helps support the entire body’s functioning, and it is essential to maintain the right sequence of the same. A defect in its structure may disturb the nervous system as a whole and cause serious health problems that modern medicines won’t cure as it would only treat the symptoms of the problem and rectify the same through surgery.

However, the centuries-old exercise Yoga prevents such situations from taking place by helping the sufferer imbibe the right way of living through the Yogasanas. These postures help maintain the intervertebral space, improve the muscles’ overall blood circulation, increase the muscles’ strength, protect the spine, and keep it healthy.

Yoga

Yoga is a 4000 years old scientific practice aimed towards uniting the mind, body, and soul. This bond provides a two-fold benefit, both physical and mental, and is recommended to those suffering from back pain as it helps speed up their treatment process to a great deal.

Benefits of Yoga: From Your Spine Specialist

• Firstly, deep breathing helps relieve a person from spinal pressure. It is suggested that breathing into the kidneys helps in taking the pressure off from the spine. Also, the nerves and the blood vessels increase the circulation of blood into the spine.
• Second, some Yoga poses like Yastikasana or the upward stretch, Bhujangasana or the backward stretch, Konasana or the sideward bend, Pascimottasana or the forward bend, and finally Sitting Vakrasana or twist not only helps in strengthening the muscles supporting the spine but also helps in relieving stress as well as pressure and strain from the spine.
• Third, meditation helps in enlightening those suffering from a spine problem to become aware of tension in the spine and helps in the release of those tense areas.
• Fourth, Yoga helps in healing the injured back muscles.
• Fifth, Yoga accelerates the time to recover from an injury
• Sixth, Yoga helps in the prevention of re-injury
• Seventh, Yoga helps maintain the average level of daily activities and prevents any kind of disability from taking place.
• Finally, Yoga helps relieve the mental stress of those suffering from back pain as it gradually diminishes their perception of the presence of any kind of pain

Thus, it becomes essential to give due importance to one’s spine and maintain the right posture while sitting and sleeping to keep the spine’s perfect shape and prevent yourself from any severe spine problem.

However, if you are threatened by any spinal problem and cannot understand the proper way to deal with it, kindly visit a spine surgeon at the earliest and avoid neglecting it as much as possible.