According to a study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, yoga can alleviate lower back pain. Individuals who participated in a 12-week yoga program had less lower back pain and increased quality of life than those who engaged in physical therapy, meditation, and exercise. The yoga poses focused on stretching and strengthening the core, improving joint mobility, and relaxation breathing. There was also a significant decrease in opiod use for pain control in participants by the end of the study compared with the beginning.

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