Monday, April 15, 2013

Can Yoga Help...?

As a yoga teacher, I tend to think yoga can help everything.  But here's a list of some of the health conditions shown by scientific studies to benefit from the practice of yoga.  From Yoga As Medicine:  The Yogic Prescription for Health and Healing by Timothy McCall, MD
Alcoholism & other drug abuse
Anxiety
Asthma
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Cancer
Carpal Tunnel Syndrom
COPD (Emphysema)
Congestive Heart Failure
Depression
Diabetes
Drug Withdrawal
Eating Disorders
Epilepsy
Fibromyalgia
Heart Disease
High Blood Pressure
HIV/Aids
Infertility
Insomnia
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Monopausal and Perimenopausal Symptoms
Migraine and Tension Headaches
Multiple Sclerosis
Neuroses (e.g. Phobias)
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Osteoarthritis
Osteoporosis
Pain (chronic)
Pancreatitis (chronic)
Pleural Effusion (fluid collection in the lining of the lung)
Post-Heart Attack Rehabilitation
Postoperative Recovery
Post-Polio Syndrome
Pregnancy (both normal and complicated)
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rhinitis (Inflammation of the Nose)
Schizophrenia
Scoliosis (curvature of the spine)
Sinusitis
Tuberculosis
Urinary Stress Incontinence

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