Alternative Therapy: Yoga, A Safe and Effective Therapy in Alleviated Menopause Symptoms

Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrients, All right reserved)
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A recent study conducted by renowned institute suggested that yoga therapy can enhance quality of life and alleviate menopausal symptoms.

Menopause is the transition stage of permanent cessation of the ovaries functions in egg production inducing less production of estrogen and progesterone, signalling the end of the reproductive phrase a woman's life. In perimenopause, menstruation has become irregular and slowly stop overtime, but in some women, menstrual flow may come to a sudden halt.

Yoga, the ancient technique practice for harmonized external and internal body well being, through breath control, meditation, bodily movement and gesture..... has been well known for people in Western world and some parts in Asia due to health benefits reported by various respectable institutes' research and supported by health advocates.

In a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial in comparing the effects of yoga with those of usual cares in 40 breast cancer survivors suffered from menopausal symptoms, with all participants completed all 3 assessments (week 0, week 12, and week 24), yoga attendees scored a significant improvement of total menopausal symptoms, including psychological menopausal symptoms, and urogenital menopausal symptoms, as well as enhanced, quality of life, social well-being, emotional well-being, functional well-being and fatigue in comparison to control group.

Dr.Koch AK, the lead author said, "self-esteem plays a vital role in the beneficial effect of yoga and that yoga can have long-term benefits for women diagnosed with breast cancer and undergoing menopausal transition".

Furthermore, in the compared study to test  the effects of a 12-week traditional Hatha yoga and meditation intervention on menopausal symptoms in breast cancer survivors, yoga and meditation intervention expresses a significant improvement in lower total menopausal symptoms compared with the usual care group at week 12 (mean difference, -5.6; 95% confidence interval, -9.2 to -1.9; P = .004) and at week 24.

Additionally, Yoga group also showed a remarkable benefit in less some ato vegetative, psychological, and urogenital menopausal symptoms; less fatigue at weeks 12, particular in short terms.

With the promising results, some researchers suggested that yoga can be considered as a safe and effective alternative intervention in ameliorated menopausal symptoms with persistence of at least 3 months.

In fact, yoga intervention also has positive and specific implications  on menopausal symptoms frequency. According to the 37 disease-free women experiencing hot flashes randomized to the 8-week Yoga of Awareness program (gentle yoga poses, meditation, and breathing exercises) or to wait-list control. yoga group expressed a significantly greater improvement relative to the control condition in hot-flash frequency, severity, and total scores and in levels of joint pain, fatigue, sleep disturbance, symptom-related bother, and vigor in post treatment in compared control group.

More importantly, at 3 months follow-up, patients in yoga group onlymaintained the improvement in hot flashes, joint pain, fatigue, symptom-related bother, and vigor but also showed additional significant gains in negative mood, relaxation, and acceptance as same in post treatment.

Taking together, Participation in yoga class may be one of the safe and effective intervention in attenuated menopause symptoms in many aspects.

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Sources
(1) The effects of yoga and self-esteem on menopausal symptoms and quality of life in breast cancersurvivors-A secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial by Koch AK1, Rabsilber S2, Lauche R3, Kümmel S4, Dobos G5, Langhorst J6, Cramer H3.(PubMed)
(2) Yoga and meditation for menopausal symptoms in breast cancer survivors-A randomized controlled trial by Cramer H1,2, Rabsilber S3,4, Lauche R1,2, Kümmel S4, Dobos G1(PubMed).