Women with Breast Cancer – Better Relief from Yoga!
Posted on: 07/Jul/2014 4:49:05 PM
Recent researches revealed that, women with breast cancer who adopt Yoga had lower degree of stress hormones. Report also says that, they feel less tiredness and leads life with imminent quality.
In breast cancer patients, there will be a high rate in the secretion of stress hormone termed, ‘cortisol’. Doctors say, by regulating the rate of stress hormones, the survival rate of the patients would be healthier and longer.
Yoga is having an effect on subjective welfare and also better control of cortisol, a stress hormone, revealed Lorenzo Cohen, director of the integrative medicine program at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, in Houston.
In earlier days, there were not as many breast cancer women. A recent study has been conducted with a group of about 160 women with breast cancer who were enduring radiation therapy. This group has been divided into two; with first group undertake Yoga and stretching exercises for an hour, thrice a week. And the other half did not follow yoga and stretching exercises.
The saliva samples from these group of patients has been taken at every stages including, start of study, end of treatment, consecutive one, three and sixth month after treatment. These saliva samples were to measure the cortisol hormone level.
This study reveals that, women who received Yoga and stretching exercises shows more reduction in the cortisol hormone levels; thus it exhibited the power of Yoga to control stress hormones.
Many doctors also suggested that Yoga has the capability to offer imperative mind-body tactics to aid patients acquire physical activity, calm and relax their mind. It is also highly important that one should get a excel Yoga coach to attain the desired target.
Another new research has been conducted at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, with the group of breast cancer women practiced Yoga in small groups two times a week for about 12 weeks. It has been concluded that women who practiced yoga shoes better results.
This study shows that, on an average the weakness level of breast cancer patients was lessened to the tweak of about 57% who adept Yoga. Also the inflammation levels of these persons were also cut-rate up to by 20 % with a period of 12 weeks.
