Yoga is an ancient practice originating in India involving physical postures, breathing exercises, and meditation. The document discusses the evidence that yoga provides health benefits such as reducing stress, anxiety, and hypertension. It summarizes several studies showing yoga can effectively treat conditions like carpal tunnel syndrome, arthritis, and back pain. The document concludes that yoga is generally safe when practiced properly and can be a useful treatment option or lifestyle recommendation for patients.
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How to Give Better Lectures: Some Tips for Doctors
Yoga
1.
2. What is Yoga?
What is the evidence that Yoga has health
benefits?
How do I use and prescribe Yoga as a
physician?
3. 5000 years old
founded in India
The word “Yoga”
means “yoke” or
“unity” translated from
Sanskrit, the classical
language of India.
It also means
“discipline” or “effort.”
4. Yoga requires you
to make an effort
to unify your body
and mind.
You do this by
concentrating your
awareness on your
physical body
through breathing
and postures.
5. Meditation is a technique in which the
meditator seeks not only to reach a deep
state of relaxation, but to quiet the mind.
The mind is a chattering monkey that one
tries to make quiet with meditation.
6. Meditation seeks a state of enlightenment,
a freedom from the tyranny of our worries.
7. The approach to Yoga that focuses on postures is called
Hatha (haht-hah) Yoga.
Ananda
Ashthanga
Bikram
Iyengar
Kundalini
Sivananda
Viniyoga
10. Asanas are the heart of Hatha Yoga
Stretching that maintains and enhances
flexibility
Many poses are a form of isometric
strengthening exercise, which involve
the contraction of muscles without
moving the joint.
Isometric exercise is often used in
physical therapy for the rehabilitation of
injured joints.
12. is a technique in which you direct your
awareness onto something.
a picture or statue of a deity
a universal principle such as compassion or
forgiveness
or the syllable OM, the famous Hindu
mantra.
13. In Sanskrit, the “man” in mantra means “to
think,” and “tra” suggests instrumentality.
Mantra literally means an instrument of
thought.
You repeat a word, phrase or sound in
order to transcend the constant distractions
of the mind.
14. Meditation is a conscious mental
process that induces a set of integrated
physiologic changes termed the
“relaxation response” by Herbert
Benson.
Functional magnetic resonance imaging
(fMRI) was used to identify and
characterize the brain regions that are
active during a simple form of
meditation.
15. Significant signal increases were observed in
the dorsolateral prefrontal and parietal
cortices, hippocampus/parahippocampus,
temporal lobe, pregenual anterior cingulate
cortex, striatum, and pre- and post-central
gyri during meditation.
This indicates that the practice of meditation
activates neural structures involved in
attention and control of the autonomic
nervous system.
Neuroreport. 2000 May 15;11(7):1581-5. Functional
brain mapping of the relaxation response and
meditation. Lazar SW,…, Benson H.
18. There is good scientific evidence
that exercise:
Increases muscle and bone strength
Increases lean muscle and decreases body
fat
Helps control weight
Enhances your psychological well-being,
reduces depression
Reduces symptoms of anxiety and
improves your general mood
20. Evidence for Health Benefits of
Yoga
HTN – Relaxation Response
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Asthma and improved vital capacity
Stress reduction to diminish the many
conditions caused or made worse by stress.
21. Herbert Benson,
MD
founding President
of the Mind/Body
Medical Institute
Associate Professor
of Medicine,
Harvard Medical
School
22. Sit comfortably with your eyes closed.
Pay attention to your breathing, and repeat a word
or phrase or prayer silently to yourself as you
exhale.
When you notice your mind wandering (It will)
just notice it and passively bring your attention
back to your breathing.
A form of meditation.
23. Whether you fight or run, your sympathetic
nervous system will be on overdrive
pumping out nor-epinephrine.
What are the physiological effects of this
process?
Why would you not want this to be a chronic
state of existence?
24. Yoga and meditation decrease this
sympathetic tone and reduce feelings of
stress and anxiety
Many modern health problems are
worsened by stress and anxiety
Yoga works to decrease sympathetic tone
25. Significantly greater reductions in
psychological distress, anxiety, and
perceived stress were found in the
experimental group who had learned
the relaxation response.
The evaluation of a mind/body intervention
to reduce psychological distress and
perceived stress in college students.
Deckro GR, …, Benson H.
J Am Coll Health. 2002 May;50(6):281-7.
26. Yoga to improve quality of
life of patients with cancer
Persons with breast or prostate cancer
were taught to use Yoga.
Significant improvements were seen in
overall quality of life, symptoms of
stress, and sleep quality.
Carlson LE, et al. Mindfulness-based stress reduction in relation to quality of life,
mood, symptoms of stress … in breast and prostate cancer outpatients.
Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2004 May;29(4):448-74
27. Evaluation of a yoga based regimen for
treatment of osteoarthritis of the hands.
The Yoga program was effective in
providing relief in hand osteoarthritis.
Garfinkel MS, et al. J Rheumatol. 1994
Dec;21(12):2341-3.
28.
29. “Current evidence shows significant
short-term benefit from oral steroids,
splinting, ultrasound and yoga.”
Cochrane review, Issue 1, 2004.
Garfinkel, et al. Yoga-Based
Intervention for Carpal Tunnel
Syndrome. A Randomized Trial. JAMA.
1998
30. Health Conditions in which Yoga
may help heal or treat
Arthritis PMS and Menstrual
Allergies Discomfort
Asthma Menopause
Hypertension Pain of the Back,
Coronary Artery Hips, Knees
Disease Depression &
Irritable Bowel Anxiety
Syndrome
Heartburn (GERD)
Substance Abuse
Constipation Skin Disorders
Tension Headaches Chronic Fatigue
and Migraines Syndrome
Overweight
Sleep Problems
31. Treating Back Pain with Yoga
Similarities to PT
Williams flexion exercises
McKenzie extension exercises
Addition of breathing and relaxation
32. As forms of medical treatments do Yoga
and Meditation meet standards for being
safe and effective?
Safer than most medications
No adverse effects such as allergic reactions,
liver or kidney damage as seen with some
medications.
33. Safe from musculoskeletal injuries if you
listen to your own body
No pain and a lot of gain
Avoid postures that you can’t handle
Can continue in to older age – 80 year old
yoga teacher in San Antonio
34. We have reviewed some studies
showing effectiveness for certain
conditions
More studies are being done
People only continue Yoga when they
find that it works for them
Built in effectiveness meter
People often continue medications
when they see or feel no benefit and
are subject to real side effects
Can be free – cost effective
35. Best when they are practiced as part of an overall healthy
lifestyle:
Good diet
Aerobic exercise
No smoking
Safe drinking
Wearing seatbelts
36. Books - hundreds
Videos - many
Classes – all over San Antonio
http://www.texasyoga.com/directories/san_antonio_yoga.html
37. Conclusion
Yoga can be valuable to:
You
Your patients
WE can write prescriptions for healthy
lifestyles (not just medications)
Diet and exercise
Smoking cessation
Yoga