A March 2018 report from NBC News highlighted a series of research articles in the Lancet medical journal on low back pain. The bottom line: doctors are over-prescribing medications (especially opioids) and surgery, and rarely prescribing less invasive treatments that have evidence to support their use, such as physical therapy, massage therapy, stretching and psychological
If you’re one of the estimated 100 million Americans that suffer from back pain, a new study suggests that yoga could be an excellent pain relief tool. Researchers at Boston Medical Center have created a protocol that can be as safe and effective and physical therapy. Gathering the Data The research team asked doctors,
Next month I’ll be participating in a 24-hour “yogathon” to help raise money for Asheville Community Yoga‘s building expansion project. I’ll spare you all the nitty gritty details about ACY and their expansion, but what I will do is take a minute to share with you one of the many reasons why I feel ACY
As we’re entering the last week of October, many of you may be busy raking leaves or planning the perfect Halloween costume. However, in my free-time I’ve been daydreaming of weekend elephant treks, scuba diving in the Andaman Sea, and sipping fresh coconut water on white-sand beaches. This is because in just two short weeks,
There are many practices that continue to remind me how amazing the human body is…yoga, breakdancing, and martial arts to name a few. So what do you get when you add Shaolin Warriors, slow motion film, and anatomy? AWESOME!!! Take a gander at these masters of motion fly through the air and get a quick
