Asanas that rotate the torso lengthen not only the larger muscles of the back, abdomen, and chest but also the smaller, deeper muscles including rotatores, multifidus, intercostals and the ...

The novel design of a deep muscle along the spinal column called the multifidus muscle may in fact be key to spinal support and a healthy back, according to researchers at the University of California ...

“This is a totally new way of treating back pain,” said Prentiss Lawson Jr., M.D., an associate professor in the UAB Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine and program director of the ...