nerve roots that may trigger off shooting pain down the leg (sciatica) in lumbar spine or down the arm in case of cervical spine. -
Provide deep relaxation to the long thick para-spinal muscles that would be in protective spasm. -
Immobilise the part to releive the sharp pain that gets triggered by every small movement aggravating the protective muscle spasm and prevent them from relaxing. -
Rest the mind; when you have much pain the mind cannot rest and sleep will be disturbed. Once you cannot sleep, you start worrying about the pain, its future consequences, the business problems, office problems, family problems, nation's problems etc, etc,. which adds to aggravation of pain. Hence it is very important to rest the mind.
Conventional management techniques include a combination of immobilization, local heat or cold packs, nerve blocks, anti-inflammatory medicines, muscle relaxants, pain killers, and tranquilizers to give rest and comfort 3.Yoga during acute episodes During this acute phase of bed rest yoga has an important complementary role to achieve quick results. Yoga, basically is a trick to give very deep rest to the mind body complex and hence can be used even during the acute phase of back pain. As yoga emphasizes working mainly from the mind, once you start working with yourself to develop deep internal awareness and conscious relaxation and rest, you become confident to move on and on to manage yourself at later stages too. Lying down in bed has given you an opportunity and time to go within, and analyse your own life, understand the problems of your lifestyle, plan out a future time table for better management of the entire body - mind complex. To be
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