4-23 Yoga, Health Recovery and Strength

Yoga From The Medical Literature 
   Clinical trials and studies on a variety of kinds of yoga have appeared in Alternative Health Journals as well as Medical Journals such as Med Hypotheses, Journal of Gerontology Nursing, Journal of Affective Disorders, Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback, Int J Cardiol, Psychooncology, Indian J Physiol Pharmacol and more. In the last few years studies have verified the benefit of yoga for weight loss, chronic back pain, geriatric populations, depression, muscular dystrophy, alcoholism, epilepsy, breast cancer quality of life peripheral neuropathies, anxiety and joint, posture and musculoskeletal related injuries. It has been used to shift blood chemistry, the effects of strokes and respiratory and cardiovascular function. The postures and benefit of yoga have been compared to Strain and Counterstrain from the field of Integrative Manual Therapy. Yoga can also enhance performances for musicians and athletes...........Buy This Issue Today

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1. Sharpe, P. A., H. M. Blanck, et al. (2007). "Use of complementary and alternative medicine for weight control in the United States." J Altern Complement Med 13(2): 217-22.

2. Langevin, H. M. and K. J. Sherman (2007). "Pathophysiological model for chronic low back pain integrating connective tissue and nervous system mechanisms." Med Hypotheses 68(1): 74-80.

3. Williams, K. A., J. Petronis, et al. (2005). "Effect of Iyengar yoga therapy for chronic low back pain." Pain 115(1-2): 107-17.

4. Krishnamurthy, M. N. and S. Telles (2007). "Assessing depression following two ancient Indian interventions: effects of yoga and ayurveda on older adults in a residential home." J Gerontol Nurs 33(2): 17-23.

5. Hatten, D. V. (2007). Exercise Your Options: Move it, stretch it, flex it, lift it, hit the water — just say YES to exercise, Muscular Dystrophy Association: http://www.mda.org/publications/Quest/q143exercise.html.

6. Miyamura, M., K. Nishimura, et al. (2002). "Is man able to breathe once a minute for an hour?: the effect of yoga respiration on blood gases." Jpn J Physiol 52(3): 313-6.

7. Sivasankaran, S., S. Pollard-Quintner, et al. (2006). "The effect of a six-week program of yoga and meditation on brachial artery reactivity: do psychosocial interventions affect vascular tone?" Clin Cardiol 29(9): 393-8.

8. Gupta, N., S. Khera, et al. (2006). "Effect of yoga based lifestyle intervention on state and trait anxiety." Indian J Physiol Pharmacol 50(1): 41-7.

9. Manchanda, S. C., R. Narang, et al. (2000). "Retardation of coronary atherosclerosis with yoga lifestyle intervention." J Assoc Physicians India 48(7): 687-94.

10. Giammatteo, Thomas, D.C., P.T. and Weiselfish-Giammatteo, Sharon, Ph.D., P.T., Integrative Manual Therapy for the Autonomic Nervous System and Related Disorders: Utilizing Advanced Strain and Counterstrain Technique, Berkeley: North Atlantic, 1997, 154 pp.

11. Pinto, D. (2003). "Doorways to structure: Strain/Counterstrain." Energy Currents: Journal of Polarity Therapy.

12. Zwick, D.(2006). "Integrating Iyengar yoga into rehab for spinal cord injury."Nursing 36 Suppl Pt Insider:18-22.

13. Vedamurthachar, A., N. Janakiramaiah, et al. (2006). "Antidepressant efficacy and hormonal effects of Sudarshana Kriya Yoga (SKY) in alcohol dependent individuals." J Affect Disord 94(1-3): 249-53.

14. Sarang, P. S. and S. Telles (2006). "Oxygen consumption and respiration during and after two yoga relaxation techniques." Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback 31(2): 143-53.

15. Rajesh, B., D. Jayachandran, et al. (2006). "A pilot study of a yoga meditation protocol for patients with medically refractory epilepsy." J Altern Complement Med 12(4): 367-71.

16. Oken, B. S., D. Zajdel, et al. (2006). "Randomized, controlled, six-month trial of yoga in healthy seniors: effects on cognition and quality of life." Altern Ther Health Med 12(1): 40-7.

17. Nicole Culos-Reed, S., L. E. Carlson, et al. (2006). "A pilot study of yoga for breast cancer survivors: physical and psychological benefits." Psychooncology 15(10): 891-7.

18. Khalsa, S. B. and S. Cope (2006). "Effects of a yoga lifestyle intervention on performance-related characteristics of musicians: a preliminary study." Med Sci Monit 12(8):CR325-31.

19. Head, K. A. (2006). "Peripheral neuropathy: pathogenic mechanisms and alternative therapies." Altern Med Rev 11(4): 294-329.

20. Gupta, N., S. Khera, et al. (2006). "Effect of yoga based lifestyle intervention on state and trait anxiety." Indian J Physiol Pharmacol 50(1): 41-7.

21. Granath, J., S. Ingvarsson, et al. (2006). "Stress management: a randomized study of cognitive behavioural therapy and yoga." Cogn Behav Ther 35(1): 3-10.

22. Garrow, D. and L. E. Egede (2006). "National patterns and correlates of complementary and alternative medicine use in adults with diabetes." J Altern Complement Med 12(9): 895-902.

23. Donohue, B., A. Miller, et al. (2006). "Effects of brief yoga exercises and motivational preparatory interventions in distance runners: results of a controlled trial." Br J Sports Med 40(1): 60-3; discussion 60-3.

24. Cohen, B. E., A. M. Kanaya, et al. (2006). "Feasibility and acceptability of restorative yoga for treatment of hot flushes: A pilot trial." Maturitas.

25. Yadav, R. K., R. B. Ray, et al. (2005). "Effect of a comprehensive yoga-based lifestyle modification program on lipid peroxidation." Indian J Physiol Pharmacol 49(3): 358-62.