How does Yoga help Osteo Arthritis?
The physical yoga practices provide a systematically graded training in gradually increasing the range of movements when practiced with deep internal awareness. This not only helps to mobilize the stiff joints but can prevent further aging process. Although the damaged cartilage may not get replaced, further deterioration and wearing out can be arrested. In chronically damaged joints with pain and deformities, the surrounding muscles would be very weak because of long standing inactivity. Similar to physiotherapy many yoga practices when practiced with deep internal awareness and repeated, can help you to strengthen the muscles around. Sakti vikasaka Suksma vyayamas are specific practices that provide the non-weight bearing isometric as well as isotonic exercises that strengthen the muscles.Which provides the weight bearing support to the damaged joints. The additional contribution of yogic suksma Vyayama is the deep relaxation, which takes away the muscle fatigue. In addition the inne
