1. BY SRI MADHWA YOGASHRAMA
www.srimadhwayoga.com

2.  ORIGINATES FROM MUSCLES, JOINTS, NERVES
AND BONES NEAR THE SPINE
 MAY BE CHRONIC OR ACUTE. MAY RADIATE INTO
ARMS, LEGS, FEET. MAY BE DULL ACHE OR
PIERCING PAIN.
 IT IS THE HUMANITY’S 5TH MOST COMMON
REASON FOR DOCTORS VISIT. 9/10 ADULTS
EXPERIENCE BACK PAIN SOME POINT OF LIFE
WHICH LAST FOR FEW DAYS TO FEW MONTHS.

3. THE PAIN
 IF THE PAIN DOES NOT
SUBSIDE WITHIN 72 HOURS
CONSULT PHYSICIAN
 THE KIND OF BACK PAIN
THAT FOLLOWS HEAVY
LIFTING OR EXERCISING TOO
HARD IS OFTEN CAUSED BY
MUSCLE STRAIN. SOMETIMES
BACK PAIN CAN BE RELATED
TO A DISC THAT BULGES OR
RUPTURES. IF A BULGING OR
RUPTURED DISC PRESSES ON
THE SCIATIC NERVE, PAIN
MAY RUN FROM THE
BUTTOCK DOWN ONE LEG.
THIS IS CALLED SCIATICA.

4. TYPES AND REASONS
 CLASIFIED INTO NECK PAIN, MID-
BACK PAIN, LBP, AND TAIL BONE
PAIN.
 THE MAIN REASON IS THE TYPE
OF JOB. HEAVY
LIFTING, PULLING, TWISTING
THE SPINE IN AWKWARD
MANNER TO PLAIN SITTING FOR
HOURS AND EVEN SHOULDER
BAGS MAY CAUSE BACK PAIN.
 SUDDEN WEEK END
WORKOUTS, SLOUCHED
POSTURE, HERNIATED
DISC, SPONDILYTIS, SPINAL
STENOSIS, SPODYLOTHESIS ARE
THE CULPRITS.

5. MANAGEMENT OF PAIN
 SIMPLE BED REST MAY CURE. THIS SHOULD NOT
EXTEND MORE THAN 2 DAYS
 MASSAGE, ACCUPUNCTURE, MEDICATIONS, YOGA
THERAPY, INJECTIONS, SURGERY, CHIROPRACTO
R – SPINAL MANIPULATION MAY PROVIDE RELIEF.
 PERMANENT RELIEF WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
CORRECT YOGA THERAPY COMBINED WITH
WEIGHT LOSS.

6. YOGIC RELIEF…

7. AN OVERVIEW OF REASONS