Yoga no better than stretching for back pain.

Well, today's back pain data blog post illustrates yet another example of the inconsistencies in the world of back pain advice.

In an article by Nadia Gilani on the dailymail.co.uk website she reports on  research at the Group Health Research Institute in Seattle, Washington, which apparently shows that Yoga is no better than simple stretching for easing back pain.

I don't know about you but I find myself getting increasingly frustrated by these contradictions in advice by the medical profession and other "experts". I know that things progress and the world is not flat, but goodness me it seems that we are told that something is the best, most amazing treatment for a bad back one week, and the next it's rubbish.

Maybe it's just a sign of the speed of medical advances these days and my increasing lack of tolerance as I get older. I suppose we should be grateful for all this research and maybe, just maybe, in the not too distant future we will be presented with the definitive cure!

I won't be holding my breath. Anyway you can read the article here and make your own mind up. It does make quite an interesting read.