• DOI:10.4172/2157-7595.1000215
• Corpus ID: 4554608

Yoga Therapy for Management of Neck and Low Back Pain

@article{Plastaras2015YogaTF,
  title={Yoga Therapy for Management of Neck and Low Back Pain},
  author={Christopher T. Plastaras and Laura Y. Huang and Chad Metzger and Susan C. Sorosky},
  journal={Journal of Yoga \& Physical Therapy},
  year={2015},
  volume={05},
  pages={1-5}
}

• C. Plastaras, Laura Y. Huang, +1 author S. Sorosky
• Published 7 November 2015
• Medicine
• Journal of Yoga & Physical Therapy

Copyright: © 2015 Plastaras CT, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Yoga is a widely performed physical, mental, and spiritual practice which focuses on specific body postures or asanas while incorporating mindful breathing and meditation. Its popularity has dramatically grown in the United States over the past few decades due to its positive effects on mental health, stress reduction, improvement in flexibility and strength, and pain relief from common musculoskeletal ailments. In 2015, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) published a National Health Statics Report that evaluated yoga prevalence in the United States between 2002 and 2012. Combined data from 88,962 adults aged 18 and over were collected from National Health Interview Surveys that were administered in 2002, 2007 and 2012. Clarke, et al. found that yoga had a linearly rising prevalence from 5.8% to 6.7% and 10.1% in 2002, 2007 and 2012, respectively. The use of yoga had the highest prevalence over that 10 year period in adults aged 18-44 [1]. Another report by the CDC National Center for Health Statistics in 2014, found the prevalence of yoga use in the United States to be 8.4%. Regionally the prevalence was: 12.1% in the Pacific Region (AK, HI, CA, OR and WA states), 11.5% in the Mountain Region (MT, ID, WY, NV, UT, AZ, CO and NM states), 8.7% in the West North Central region (ND, SD, NE, KS, MN, IA and MO states), 8.5% in the East North Central region (WI, IL, MI, IN and OH states), 10.8% in the New England region (ME, VT, NH, MA, RI and CT states), 7.1% in the Middle Atlantic region (DC, NY, NJ, PA, DE and MD states), 6.8% in the South Atlantic region (VA, WV, NC, SC, GA and FL states), 5.9% in the West South Central region (TX, OK, AR and LA states) and 5.1% in the East South Central region (KY, TN, MS and AL states) [2].