There are many yoga postures that can provide relief to lower back pain, especially when you consider that yoga focuses on the spine. It ensures you move your spine in all the directions it's intended to go. This alone can mean that yoga can benefit those with back pain when practised carefully, as it loosens and strengthens the back muscles in many different ways.
For years, I would practise forward bends to relieve the tightness I felt in my lower back. Forward bends have always felt nice for my body and have often resulted in some satisfying back clicks. Alongside this, I would practise gentle backbends on my yoga mat, like cobra, to strengthen my lower back muscles, which I hoped would reduce the likelihood of my muscles going into spasms. However, neither of these things have sorted my continuous lower back discomfort so I thought it was time to try something different.
