Dehli-based Varsha Jain, 35, is the busy mother of two teenagers. A few months ago, she bent down to pick up keys from the floor and suffered a severe pain in her lower back followed by a spasm. She had to lie down right there. Jain was diagnosed with mild disc prolapse and was recommended bed rest and medicines for pain relief and swelling. She was also asked to do a few simple back-strengthening exercises, including the bridge pose. She says exercising and the medicines helped her recover in a month.Read More
Sujata Kelkar Shetty, PhD, writes on public health issues and is a research scientist trained at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, US.