CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

PART I                   Yoga and Back Pain

CHAPTER  1           What Is Yoga and Why Yoga for Back Pain?

CHAPTER  2           Styles of Yoga

CHAPTER  3           Doing Yoga

CHAPTER  4           Pain

CHAPTER  5           Major Causes of Low Back Pain

PART II                  Poses by Diagnosis

CHAPTER  6            Musculoskeletal Pain

CHAPTER  7            Herniated Nucleus Pulposis
(Herniated Disc, Pinched Nerve Root)

CHAPTER  8            Arthritis

CHAPTER  9            Sacroiliac Joint Derangement

CHAPTER 10           Pregnancy

CHAPTER 11           Spinal Stenosis

CHAPTER 12           Piriformis Syndrome

CHAPTER 13           Weight Control

CHAPTER 14           After Back Surgery

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