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Received this feedback from a person who had a long background of back pain:
I was suffering from back pain and sleep disorder for the last 25 years. I was diagnosed with herniated disk and arthritis in L4 & L5. Six years ago, I was hospitalized twice. I have been taking numerous pain relievers, muscle relaxers and narcotics for severe pain and spasms until last year. I have been getting treated for 10 visits once in 6 months by Chiropractors and Physical Therapists. Massage would make me feel good for a week. All these would help for a week and then I would reach a plateau. I spent numerous hours and dollars at the pain clinics. Needless to say how much money was spent thru the Insurance Company. I tried all kind of things from home remedies to old Grandma remedies to gain some relief without success.
A few months back, I asked Suryanarayana Chennapragada (CS) if he could teach me how to practice “SuryaNamaskar” (Sun salutations of Yoga). He mentioned about the ‘Focusing on breathing’ technique for relaxation and simple stretching exercises. I had seen his brochures at the temple and other places. I read them but never practiced.
I thought that I had nothing to lose, let me give it a try, may be this would work. I was meeting with CS every week, to learn the relaxation by breathing and stretching exercises. After couple of weeks, I saw improvement in my sleep pattern and back pain. I have been doing the breathing and stretching exercises for the past 3 months for about 30-45 minutes a day. In this period, I did not take a single pain medication and had a good night sleep. After mowing the lawn for about 3 hours, I would feel my back a a little sore but after a shower, breathing & stretching exercises I feel a lot better. After 30-45 minutes I am back to normal with no pain. Currently may pain is 20% of what it had been for so many years.
‘Focusing on breathing’ technique combined with the stretching exercises helped a lot with my back pain and sleep disorder. I strongly suggest these techniques to everyone to reduce stress, back-pain and gain profound energy. There is nothing to lose but a lot to gain, that too, without spending any Dollars.
