For many of us backache is a normal way of life. What we don’t realise is that much of the pain we feel is our own fault. Bad posture causes more backache than we may think. Yoga and health seeks to address this. We don’t need to be either injured or ill to suffer debilitating back pain. The main support of our back and upper torso is the spine. The spine is chiefly made up of thirty three vertebrae with connecting ligaments and muscles. Down the middle of the spine is the spinal canal which carries the spinal cord, a huge array of nerves being connected from the brain to their final destination all over our body.

If our posture is poor, whether when walking or even sitting, the connective tissues in the spine become stressed. As we get older it is quite normal for the joints of the spine to suffer a level of wear and tear. A stressed spine can be painful, but if the spine is both stressed, and worn, backache becomes » Read more: Yoga and Health - Backache Relief