benefits and risks of yoga
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Introduction Yoga is one of the complementary and alternative medicines (CAM). The risks and benefits of yoga have been studied and explored in the literature. This review article focuses on the effectiveness of yoga medicine in different diseases, disease-like conditions and health promotion of healthy individuals and groups. The study was also intended to summarize the health risks of yoga. Methodology The pubmed (NLM) using end note software was applied to search the articles. The key words used in abstract were “cost” or “benefit” and ‘yoga’ and ‘intervention’. Similarly, ‘yoga’ and ‘risk’ were entered as title. Total 101 articles searched, including RCTs, Non-RCTs, pre-experimental and quasi-experimental; systematic reviews; meta-analysis and review articles. Search key words: ‘benefit*’ (in abstract) OR ‘cost*’ (in abstract) AND ‘yoga’ (in title) AND ‘intrven*’ (in abstract) Results & Interpretation In disease condition: Yoga medicine was found minimal to highly effective in type II diabetes, epilepsy, hypertension especially in systolic hypertension; can lower blood pressure in pre-hypertensive HIV-infected adults with mild-moderate CVD risk factors. The benefits are also evident in fibromyalgia. In disease-susceptible condition: The review shows the effective in disease-susceptible conditions such as premenstrual syndrome; pregnant women; pain and associated disability; stress, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, stress-related medical illnesses, substance abuse, and rehabilitation of criminal offenders; chronic or recurrent low back pain. However, yoga is not evidenced as stand-alone effect. Among healthy people: As an adjunct, yoga can improve the heart functions of various age-group; suggestive of benefit among children and adolescents; mood, attention, mental focus, and stress tolerance. Conclusion Yoga is found to have as a principal or adjunct therapy in curing diseases, reducing risk of the disease and enhancing health status of all ages. However, the firm conclusion is lacking.
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But despite the benefits, yoga can be risky if you push yourself too hard or practice difficult poses unsupervised, says Cohen.
The 2012 Yoga in Australia survey found 1 in 5 survey respondents had incurred some sort of injury (or exacerbated an existing injury) in the previous 12 months by practicing yoga. The pose most commonly associated with injuries was the head stand, followed by shoulder stands, lotus and half lotus (seated cross-legged position), forward bends, backward bends and hand stands.
If yoga class fires up your competitive streak, or your yoga instructor encourages you to do something that doesn't feel right, Cohen suggests you should listen closely to your body.