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Rolling Out the Yoga Mat
It focuses on the mind-body connection of snow sports and includes daily yoga. By MICHELLE HIGGINS LIKE Wi-Fi, on-demand movies and fitness centers, yoga is ...
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Use yoga to ease lower back pain or even replace back surgery
An internal medicine and pain management specialist in St. Petersburg, Gianoli advocates stretching for back pain patients, particularly yoga. He became involved in the discipline in high school in the mid '70s to improve his performance in sports and later as part of his recovery from two car accidents.Two years ago he became a certified yoga instructor and spends 20 minutes to an hour every day stretching and meditating. On Feb. 12 and 13, he'll help lead a two-day workshop on yoga for back pain sufferers under the photos)."Yoga stretches tendons, ligaments and muscles,'' he said. "It makes a larger space for the nerves in the back, the source of most lower back pain."...
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