A combination of yoga postures, breathing exercises and relaxation may help reduce the frequency and intensity of migrane.Indian Researchers from the university of the Rajasthan, jaipur,randomly divided 72 migrane sufferers into 2 groups. One group recieved education on managing their pain by avoiding migraine triggers and making diet and lifestyle changes. The other group recieved yoga therapy, which included gentle yoga postures, breathing excercises, relaxation and meditation.participants practiced five days a week for one hour each day, except on days when they were having a migrane attack or just recovering from one.
After three months, the yoga group showed an overall improvement in the frequency and intensity of their migrane attacks, whereas the comparision group showed either no change or worsened symptoms. It ws found that among 72 adults suffering from migrane, patients undergoing yoga programme started having less headaches and endured less pain with each migrane attack, when compared with patients assigned to a self care group.The pain relief also brought considerable improvement in symptoms of anxiety and depression.The findings reported in the journal headache provide prelimimnary evidence that yoga therapy can be an effective treatment for migrane.
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