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MONDAY, June 19, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- If you suffer from chronic low back pain, yoga might bring you as much relief as physical therapy, a new trial shows.
The less positive finding: Both therapies fell far short of helping everyone.
People who did yoga or physical therapy reported less pain on average after 12 weeks -- an improvement that held up over a year. And some were able to cut out pain medication.
Still, many failed to get meaningful relief, the researchers noted.
Experts said the findings reflect the reality of chronic low back pain: No single treatment has proven widely effective.
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