Yoga helps women overcome breast cancer

Yoga helps breast cancer patients recover, as it promotes the anti-inflammatory processes. Just three months yoga reduce by half the level of fatigue in survivors of cancer.

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Researchers from the University of Ohio in the United States have decided to find whether somehow ancient Indian yoga gymnastics on the health of women who survived breast cancer. It turned out that quite regularly To do yoga   only three months, doing exercises on posture, doing breathing exercises and practicing meditation, to reduce the overall level of fatigue by 57%.

Besides that, yoga classes   allow to effectively deal with the inflammatory processes in the treatment of breast cancer Which are directly linked to a variety of complications - from heart disease to the general fragility of the body. Inflammatory processes and increase the risk of relapse, that is, the return of the tumor. Yoga makes up for a lack of energy in the female body, which was spent on the fight against cancer.

Studies have shown that the more often a woman practicing yoga, the higher its energy level rises. The first class sparing allow recover faster after a course of treatment often involves chemotherapy and radiation. The procedures for months beat many patients from the track, deprived of strength, mood and even the desire to be cured.

The study involved 200 women have passed through treatment of breast cancer   varying degrees of severity. Half performed 90-minute yoga classes twice a week in classes or study at home. The second half led an ordinary life without yoga. (READ MORE)

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