Yoga helps to improve the anxiety state

A recent study in India, yoga postures, breathing exercises and relaxation together can help reduce migraine frequency and intensity.

Researchers in India found that in 72 adults plagued by migraine headaches in a group with no treatment compared with patients randomly assigned to participate in a yoga treatment procedures of patients started to decrease the frequency of migraine headaches, migraine attack when the pain has also been reduced. According to the research personnel, to alleviate migraine also anxiety and depression brought about a great improvement.All the study findings are published in this issue a "stop" magazine.

The researchers believe that gentle yoga postures and breathing techniques to the nervous system have a calming effect, but studies have shown that yoga can help alleviate various forms of pain, from chronic back pain due to arthritis, joint pain. In order to view this exercise to help alleviate the effects of migraine, the research team randomly assigned 72 migraine patients were divided into two groups. A group of people by changing the diet and living habits to avoid factors that trigger migraine headaches to deal with the pain. The other group received yoga therapy,Includes gentle yoga postures, breathing exercises, relaxation and meditation. The treatment of patients to participate in exercises 5 days a week, practice every day for an hour.

Three months later, receiving the group of yoga therapy in patients during episodes of headache frequency and pain intensity both improved, while a group of symptoms has not changed. Study Group report said: "This study provides preliminary evidence that integrated yoga therapy to treat migraine may be an effective way." However, the researchers said, and now I need more large-scale, longer time studies to confirm these findings.