Yoga as Medicine
to the participants who followed traditional medical therapies for back pain,
those who participated in the yoga arm
had significant improvement in control
of pain and overall mood.
In a 2010 study reported in The Journal
of Pain, participants who were diagnosed with fibromyalgia, a chronic
pain syndrome, were placed either a
yoga group or a medication group.
Those in the yoga group reported that
they experienced pain relief which was
as effective as medication.
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PEACHY
HYPERTENSION
A study out of Yale University looked
at the effect of yoga on blood pressure.
People with mild to moderate hypertension were enrolled into a yoga practice.
Researchers found that both systolic
and diastolic blood pressures were
significantly improved. Overall blood
pressure was reduced as compared to
those in the medication group.
ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION
Researchers at Boston University
looked at the effect of yoga on anxiety.