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Coventina

(29,950 posts) Tue Jun 20, 2017, 09:50 AM Jun 2017

GAH! NPR running a story this morning about how Yoga magically cures back pain! [View all]

I love yoga. I've been doing it for decades.
I've been doing it since well before I started having chronic pain with my arthritis.

Guess what?!?!?

I still have moderate to severe pain!!

But no, the NPR story only interviews a sweet old lady for whom Yoga was a magic fix and she no longer needs painkillers!!!!

I'm sorry but FUCK THIS SHIT!

on edit: on reflection, I think I need to more clearly express myself. Stories like these continue to wage the "War on Opioids," meaning that people IN PAIN cannot get relief. "Just do Yoga and meditate! You'll be FINE!"

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GAH! NPR running a story this morning about how Yoga magically cures back pain! [View all] Coventina Jun 2017 OP

Yoga can help some people who have back problems. You can also injure ones self with Yoga if you still_one Jun 2017 #1

Oh no! It actually relieves pain! That's the study NPR was pushing. Coventina Jun 2017 #4

We are on the same page Coventina. Not only NPR, but I am seeing more programs on PBS still_one Jun 2017 #16

NPR does churn out segments that seem more like local news ad spots Corvo Bianco Jun 2017 #33

I too love yoga Phoenix61 Jun 2017 #2

Yikes! Maybe I'll rethink doing headstands. Coventina Jun 2017 #5

Glenn Black, a well known yoga teacher won't even teach those two poses. Phoenix61 Jun 2017 #13

Hahaha! Is it wrong that I first read that as "Glenn Beck"? Coventina Jun 2017 #20

Mixed feelings. ananda Jun 2017 #3

Yoga is not for everybody. NOTHING is for everybody. Everybody is different. Coventina Jun 2017 #7

Works for me!! mitch96 Jun 2017 #6

Well, that's great that it works for you, but it DOESN'T work for me, and I've been doing pretty Coventina Jun 2017 #8

Did Nothing For My Wife, Either ProfessorGAC Jun 2017 #11

I believe that's what most of the news articles say mitch96 Jun 2017 #15

For me, yoga has tremendously helped my sciatica, which was caused Mrs. Overall Jun 2017 #9

I listened to it this morning and they didn't say yoga cures back pain tammywammy Jun 2017 #10

The radio story ended with the woman featured saying that she doesn't need to take Coventina Jun 2017 #14

Yes, the one woman said it worked for her tammywammy Jun 2017 #17

I'm not ignoring the article. I'm protesting it's overall tone, as it was presented on NPR. Coventina Jun 2017 #21

Thats what I heard too. obnoxiousdrunk Jun 2017 #18

that is the trouble with universal cure alls...you experience might be different dembotoz Jun 2017 #12

Yoga unclogged my basement floor drain and fixed my noisy transmission Orrex Jun 2017 #19

Thanks for making me laugh! Coventina Jun 2017 #22

That's a mis-characterization of the story. marybourg Jun 2017 #23

Correct. NCTraveler Jun 2017 #25

The study actually finds.... NCTraveler Jun 2017 #24

Then no need for Drs get the red out Jun 2017 #26

OMG hubby just called me to tell me about this story..it was... samnsara Jun 2017 #27

Also, PT is (usually) covered by insurance, while yoga is out of pocket. n/t Coventina Jun 2017 #32

Only very short term for Medicare. marybourg Jun 2017 #34

FWIW, hot yoga did wonders for my lower back... YMMV Blue_Tires Jun 2017 #28

actually pot works pretty well too.. samnsara Jun 2017 #29

I heard the same program Sanity Claws Jun 2017 #30

Please see my posts #14 & #21 Coventina Jun 2017 #31