Yoga's pain management techniques may help people with digestive problems.
People who have conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, ulcers, acid reflux or other painful digestive problems may not prioritize physical activity in their lives. After all, why would you want to move around when you hurt so much? Well, according to one practitioner, yoga may offer some useful pain management techniques to these people.
There are different yoga poses that can gently move the abdominal organs, K.C. Dermody wrote in Yahoo! Sports. Additionally, yoga's breathing exercises for stress can be helpful in relieving pain.
"If you can only do one thing, practice belly breathing," Dermody wrote. "The pain relief experienced by practicing yoga is well worth the time and effort. If you don't feel comfortable joining a community class, there are many DVDs available that will enable you to practice from the comfort of home at your leisure."
And if you are interested in joining a community class, it shouldn't be too hard to find one. A report published by U.S. News and World Report stated that as of 2005, there were about 70,000 certified yoga instructors across the U.S. Furthermore, the number of people practicing the mind-body regimen went from 4.3 million in 2001 to 14.3 million in 2010.
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