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For those who are performing assembly line work, the carpal tunnel syndrome is most common among them. This is a progressive condition wherein the inflicted feels pain because of a compression of a significant nerve in the wrist. To determine the effectiveness of a yoga-based program for people with carpal tunnel syndrome, Garfinkel performed a randomized trial on forty two individuals with carpal tunnel syndrome. They were grouped into two groups where one group received a yoga-based program consisting of 11 yoga postures and the other group was given wrist splints which are usually used in patients having this syndrome. Variables of comparison were based on grip strength, sleep disturbance, Phalen sign and Tinel sign, and in median nerve motor and sensory conduction time.

In comparing the variables after eight weeks of test period, the yoga-based subjects had significant improvement in grip strength and the pain intensity also decreased. There was no significant development in the control group however. This preliminary study shows that in comparison to wrist splints and no treatment, a yoga-based routine is more effective in relieving the symptoms of the carpal tunnel syndrome. Another problem for most working people is the lower back pains that often go away but sometimes become chronic. Sherman conducted a study to prove the effectiveness of yoga in patients having chronic back pains.  The study was conducted on 101 subjects with ages ranging from 20 to 64 years. The subjects were grouped into three groups where one group had yoga, the other group had therapeutic exercises and the third group was given self-help books.

All lower back pains symptoms had improved for the three groups but the yoga-practicing group continued to improve in comparison to the other two groups after their consultancy of another 14 weeks past the 12 week test period. The researchers then found out that at the long term, yoga is far more effective in relieving and preventing chronic back pains. The results of the study were viable to assume that yoga would be a commendable but the study was done in only a period of 6 months. Long term studies are then needed since chronic back pains are intermittent.