"Yoga in Medicine. A Fresh Scientific Look at Treating Diseases from Julia Fernandaz's blog

"Yoga in Medicine. A Fresh Scientific Look at Treating Diseases   

Yoga in Medicine. A Fresh Scientific Look at Treating Diseases

Experienced yogis do not need to be told about the serious benefits that their practices bring to their health. Regular practitioners feel it themselves - their body and soul are grateful for constant training, they get sick less often and feel much lighter and stronger than those who avoid physical activities like yoga.

Skeptics usually appeal to scientific evidence, confident that there is none. But this is not so. The world scientific community has long been using yoga and yoga therapy in the treatment of many and very different diseases. Research proves that these are really working techniques. Let's try to briefly summarize the experience of various medical scientists and draw our own conclusions.

Yoga reduces pain

Perhaps the most common medical reason to practice yoga is various pains, especially in the back. The fact that yoga can help is clear even on an intuitive level, and in particular this is why yoga therapy practices and yoga classes for pregnant women have recently gained popularity: doctors have really started recommending yoga and its elements to those who suffer from chronic back and lower back pain and who for some cannot or do not want to use medication methods of pain relief. One of the randomized  studies  revealed a significant reduction in intense pain in 64% of subjects, 88% of patients stopped or significantly reduced the use of painkillers.

In addition, another study showed that 3 months of yoga is enough for migraine sufferers to feel better and stop taking pills.

Yoga is good for the heart

Studies have shown that yoga is an excellent preventative measure against coronary heart disease and fits perfectly into the rehabilitation program for patients after myocardial infarction. Which is very logical, by the way: even skeptics agree that yoga and breathing exercises significantly reduce stress and anxiety.

In addition, it has been proven in parallel that yoga slows down the development of atherosclerosis. After a year of regular practice, patients noted a decrease in cholesterol, LDL and triglycerides, and the condition of the coronary arteries significantly improved.

Yoga opens a second wind

Yes, yoga should confidently enter the complex therapy of bronchial asthma treatment. Research has already proven that yoga in combination with pranayama and meditation are excellent in treating asthma; 72% of subjects after a course of yoga stopped or significantly reduced the intake of cortisone drugs.

Yoga helps women during menopause

Menopause is a multifaceted event, difficult both physically and psychologically. However, women who practice yoga find it much easier to go through this new stage of their lives. Indian scientists studied a group of women with menopausal symptoms and concluded that yoga and pranayama significantly reduce stress and neurosis in women.

Yoga Lowers Blood Sugar Levels

Thanks to yoga, 104 of 149 non-insulin-dependent diabetics participating in an international study in 1993 responded well after 40 days of regular practice - there was a decrease in hyperglycemia and, accordingly, a decrease in drug intake.