Sonia Jones ND from the Haven Spa and Health Clinic

Yoga has stood the test of time having been used for 3000 years as a system of meditation and exercise in the East. In the last two or three decade it has become extremely popular all round the world.

It’s a great way to relax, get supple and exercise the body, but of course it’s not a miracle cure for arthritis. However, commitment is the key to helping your condition. This is why it’s important to go to a good class to learn the correct posture and techniques for your particular set of difficulties.

Yoga helps in many ways by – improving your posture and helping to strengthen the neck, shoulder and back. It can help alleviate back pain and sciatica, strengthen back muscles and improve flexibility in general so important with arthritis type conditions with stiffness being a big problem. Yoga can boost your emotional health through its exercise and meditative aspects and help concentration, focusing away from your pain. It is a safe exercise for you and taken regularly will improve aerobic fitness by increasing the breathing and heart rates but also strengthening residence, muscle strength, flexibility and stamina. The best thing about all of this it’s achieved with LOW IMPACT, vital with your type of condition.

To answer your question – sure yoga will help you manage your arthritis as part of a broader lifestyle program to get yourself well.

However, you still need to be sensible as specially at first – keep with the realms a what is comfort, within your range of movement and gradually as times goes by you will gain more  flexibility, you need to be patient. Do not force it.

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