Yoga for Lower Back Pain: Stretching Solutions

Reddit user, eggies2, seeks advice on alleviating lower back pain from a yoga class. Here’s what the community recommends.

Summary

  • Consult a healthcare provider before engaging in rehabilitation stretching
  • Consider trying a gentle or restorative yoga class
  • Focus on balancing tension in the body through strengthening exercises
  • Basic yoga poses like child’s pose, cat, and cow can help with lower back pain

Expert Advice

Reddit user Artistic-Traffic-112 advises caution and recommends seeking professional help before attempting any rehabilitation stretching to avoid worsening the pain

User morncuppacoffee suggests trying a gentle or restorative class as an alternative to alleviate the lower back pain

Community Insights

User charonshound emphasizes the importance of balancing tension in the body through strengthening exercises and specifically recommends focusing on lower abs to support the back muscles

Philosoraptor57 shares personal experience and recommends basic yoga poses like child’s pose, cat, and cow to help relieve lower back pain