Physical therapy equipment doesn’t have to be fancy or expensive to be effective. There are several affordable options, including yoga mats, weighted exercise balls and resistance bands.

Here’s a way to roll away some of the tension in this area. Fitness instructor Jill Miller uses yoga therapy balls (or tennis balls) to massage away the tension in this low-back lengthener.

Thirty minutes of daily home practice was encouraged and supported with at-home yoga supplies. The physical therapy intervention consisted of 15 one-on-one 60-minute appointments over 12 weeks.

(bortonia) Besides pain medicine, physical therapy is a common prescription for people with chronic back pain. Might yoga be a reasonable alternative? The study involved 320 adults (average age ...

The new research put yoga head-to-head against physical therapy and found the two were equally good at restoring function and reducing the need for pain medication over time. In the new study ...

Stability balls, frequently used in yoga, Pilates and physical therapy, have even begun appearing ... Joseph's University in Philadelphia. The equipment has since gone mainstream.

New research finds that a yoga class designed specifically for back pain can be as safe and effective as physical therapy in easing pain. The yoga protocol was developed by researchers at Boston ...