Work Comp Likes Yoga for Back Pain

More and more Americans are doing yoga, and the workers’ compensation system is paying for it as a treatment for chronic pain — but in a field as unstructured and nebulous as yoga, it’s tough to tell how often is necessary. The percentage of U.S. adults who practice the ancient Indian exercising techniques collectively known as yoga nearly doubled from 2002 to 2012, according to a survey the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released earlier this year. During that time, several studies were published suggesting that yoga can help reduce pain and increase function in...