Guest Author - Martha McKinnon

The Larry Payne's Yoga Rx therapy for common lower back problems DVD provides safe, user-friendly yoga routines, that are helpful for rehabilitating chronic low back pain, sciatica and disc problems.

If you have been suffering with chronic lumbar pain, sciatica, or have been diagnosed with disc problems in your lower back, this DVD was designed with you in mind. If you are not sure what is causing your back pain it is suggested that you seek physician approval and know the cause of your back pain before beginning this or any yoga routine.

The Yoga Rx for Low Back Pain DVD, filmed on the grounds of the Rancho La Puerta Spa in Mexico, includes 2 fifteen minute routines - the first a series of positions done on your back (supine) and the second series done lying on your belly (prone). Yoga expert, Larry Payne, instructs the routines, which are taught in the TKV Desikachar style of yoga, a safe, user-friendly style of yoga commonly associated with yoga therapy.

The DVD moves at a slow steady pace, with expert instruction and soothing background music. Poses are performed in a flowing manner encouraging you to coordinate your movement and your breath into a relaxing rhythm, which is very calming for your body and mind. Periods of rest are sprinkled throughout the routines and counter poses are provided to compensate for more challenging poses.

The first routine begins with reclining knee stretches and then moves to arm raises and low back presses. Gentle abdominal strengtheners, pelvic tilts, and hip lifts follow. You are then guided into several poses done on your hands and knees that include spinal balancing and a flowing sitting cat series. I find these poses particularly helpful for relieving general back achiness.

The DVD then continues with a series of poses done on your belly to strengthen your back including cobra and locust. The routine concludes with a reclining back twist and brief relaxation.

If you are looking for accessible, user-friendly yoga exercises to help relieve low back pain may want to give the the Yoga Rx Therapy for Common Lower Back Problems DVD a spin.

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