2. Cat to Cow Pose (Marjaryasana – Bitilasana):

If someone is troubled with pain in the back, then this is a must-do exercise to relax the back muscles. It is also the best form of yoga for neck arthritis. This is how you can do it.

Method:

• Get down on all your fours with your hands shoulder apart and fingers spread and knees hips apart.
• Now bring your chest forward up and arch your back in a way that the sitting bones are reaching up.
• Now round out your spine pulling your navel in and up.
• Repeat this at least 5 times.

Benefits:

• Improves the flexibility of the spine and the hips
• Helps in improving the posture.
• Pain caused in the neck is due to arthritis can be greatly relieved in this form.

3. Cow Face Pose (Gomukhasana):

This is a great asana for relaxing various joints like knees, wrists, neck, and back. This is the best yoga for knee arthritis.

Method:

• Stack the right knee directly over the left knee, sliding them towards the centerline.
• Raise the left arm towards the ceiling and bend it from the elbow, taking it towards your back.
• Take the right arm to the back from the outer right side bending from the elbow.
• Try to clasp the hands behind your back.
• Breathe normally.
• Release and repeat with opposite hand and leg.

Benefits:

• This is a wholesome exercise that stretches hands, wrists, shoulders, arms, chest, back, and knees.
• This asana plays a great role in correcting your posture, which might have deformed due to arthritis. It is great yoga for arthritis in hands.
• It cures stiff shoulders and often aids in treating sciatica
• This also helps in treating sexual ailments.

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4. Bridge Pose (Setu Bandh Asana):

This is great yoga for neck arthritis. In this posture, the neck is pulled forward and backward gently, which aids in relaxing and reducing the pain.