This is an extremely professional high quality DVD by Gary Kraftsow, one of the world's leading yoga therapy experts with over 30 years experience, who designed the yoga therapy protocol used in the National Institutes of Health Study that successfully demonstrated the effectiveness of yoga therapy for relieving back pain. Results of this groundbreaking study were published in the Annals of Internal Medicine back in 2005.
Gary now provides the protocols used in the study in this highly educational instructional DVD - a gift for anyone who has ever struggled with low back pain. The DVD has four main chapters:
1. Understanding Back Pain
The first chapter is an in-depth academic presentation about back pain that includes discussion about types of back pain, causes of back pain, an introduction to back, sacrum, and hip anatomy, and basic biomechanics. He then briefly discuss what yoga is and the goals of the yoga therapy for back pain DVD - to reduce pain, increase circulation, improve function, and increase overall sense of well being. While a bit clinical, this is important information for increasing our awareness about the back, its structure, how it works, and what we can do to care for it.
2. Techniques Workshop
In the second chapter, Gary explains each posture (exercise) performed in the therapeutic practices chapter including instructions for how to breathe, how to move, and what sensations to expect. A model demonstrates each posture while Gary explains what is happening in the pose and why it is beneficial.
3. Therapeutic Practices
Three therapeutic practices are provided in Chapter 3, as well as guidelines for how to use the practices. The first practice is a 23-minute series of postures designed to rehabilitate the low back and sacrum. All the poses are done on the floor, either on your back, belly, or hands and knees. These are very basic poses that focus on slow repetition.
The second therapeutic practice is a 31-minute series that focuses on stretching, strengthening, and balancing the hips. Many of the poses from the first practice are repeated here, with additional poses specifically for the hips.
The third practice builds upon the first two. It is a stronger practice designed to build sustained low back, sacrum, and hip health. Several basic standing poses are included in addition to the poses done on the stomach and back.
Viniyoga Therapy for low back, sacrum, and hips is a serious DVD designed to address a serious problem - low back pain. Anyone who has ever suffered from low back pain knows just how debilitating it can be. The set is uncluttered and simple - just a single model demonstrating the routines, while Gary provides expert voiced over instruction. His delivery is calm and monotone. There is no music to distract you from concentrating and paying attention to what you are doing - one of the tenants of Viniyoga Therapy.
If you suffer from low back pain and are in the market for a Yoga DVD containing therapeutic yoga practices with proven success in helping relieve back pain you may want to consider investing in Viniyoga Therapy for Low Back, Sacrum, and Hips.
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