Virtual Yoga Classes Showed Major Impact on Back Pain, Use of Pain Meds, Quality of Sleep
A 2024 randomized controlled trial from the Cleveland Clinic studied two groups with back pain: one group did live-streamed group yoga classes (for 16 minutes, four times a week) and the other group continued medication as usual. The study found that just 12 weeks of virtual yoga classes reduced back pain intensity (six times greater reduction in pain intensity scores for the yoga group), improved back-related function (a 2.7 times greater boost), reduced the use of pain medication (34% fewer members of the yoga group needed medication), and even improved quality of sleep (ten times improvement for the yoga-doers). The researchers concluded that yoga is a real alternative to drugs for back pain with wide-ranging benefits.
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