There is no magic fix for chronic back pain, but if you’re looking to prevent it from arising or reduce the symptoms, then staying active and practising yoga can certainly help. Regular stretching to increase your flexibility and mobility is smart in general, whether you’re doing full yoga classes or specific poses to target parts of the body you have trouble with.
If it’s back pain in particular that you’re looking to alleviate, then the three stretches below are worth giving a go. They’ve been selected by Saskia Bolscher, yoga instructor at London-based yoga studio MoreYoga.
