Alternative Therapy: Yoga In Reduced Symptoms and Treatment of Menstrual Disorder Psychologically and Physically

Kyle J. Norton 

Yoga participation may have a substantial and sustainable effect in reduced symptoms and treatment of menstrual disorder, some scientists postulated.

Menstrual disorder is condition caused by psychological and physical problems affected the normal menstrual cycle with symptoms of pain, heavy or light bleeding....

Yoga, the ancient technique for harmonized external and internal body well beings, through breath control, meditation, bodily movement and gesture..... has been best 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 the study of total of 150 female patients with menstrual irregularities recruited from the department of obstetrics and gynecology, C.S.M. Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India and randomly divided into two groups: 1) group of 75 subjects (with yogic intervention) and 2) a control group of 75 subjects (without yogic intervention), after considering of other risk factors, researchers showed that yoga group experiences significantly lower anxiety and depression score in compared to control and at six months followed up, yoga group also demonstrated positive wellbeings with vitality improved significantly in compared to control

Dr. Rani K, the led author said, "patients with menstrual irregularities having psychological problems improved significantly in the areas of their wellbeing, anxiety and depression by learning and applying a program based on Yogic intervention (Yoga Nidra)".

Although all women are experience differently with regards to menstruation, depending to the severity of hormone imbalance, some women may experience low energy, extreme pain, mood swings, fatigue, bloating, irritability and so on.

In deed, yoga relaxation and meditation connected and harmonized the mental mind and  physical body by  bring back the presence and dealing them the positive ways or letting go those unfavorable events, thus decreasing the psychological and physical stress and improving general health.

In ameliorated stress implication on the mental mind, yoga practice restored the central nervous system in balancing hormone production which has been found to have a direct influence in controlled each stage of menstrual cycle.

The above differentiation are truly expressed in the study of total number of 100 women recruited from the department of obstetrics and gynecology randomly allocated into two groups: a) intervention received yogic intervention and medication for 6 month, and b) control group received no yogic intervention and they only received prescribed medication), researchers after taking into account of other co founders suggested that yoga intervention expressed a substantial improvement mean score in the aspects of anxiety, depression, positive well-being, general health, and vitality scores, particularly in hormonal levels and there were significantly different in intervention group as compared with pretest.

Dr. Khushbu Rani, the led author said, "Yoga Nidra can be a successful therapy to overcome the psychiatric morbidity associated with menstrual irregularities".

In support the efficacy of yoga intervention in improved the psychological effect in risk of menstrual disorder, Dr. Khushbu Rani and colleagues conducted a study involved same above yoga and control groups indicated that yoga group displayed significant improvement of physical expressions, including pain symptoms, gastrointestinal symptoms, cardiovascular symptoms and urogenital symptoms after 6 months of Yoga Nidra therapy in Intervention group in comparison to control group and yoga therapy are safe and less expensive in compared to standard treatment.

In  physical expressions, yoga decreased menstrual pain  through reduced over production of hormones with strong implication in inducing uterus muscle constriction such as prostaglandins.

Through the relaxation of the central nervous system, yoga mindfulness also reduced the cardio symptoms such as a feeling of tightness, heaviness, numbness, burning, or pressure by increasing the vessel dilation and blood flow to the heart by inhibited the hormone adrenaline in production of norepinephrine and epinephrine caused by stress.

Yoga mindfulness connected and balanced the mind and body also reduced tension of central nervous system through ameliorated stress  by bring back the natural reaction of human body in providing more blood to the digestive system when needed, thus alleviating gastrointestinal symptoms, such as constipation, diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting,....

In urogenital symptoms, yoga reduced levels cortisol induced by stress in modulated concentration and secretion of  testosterone, which plays an important role in immune function in reduced risk of inflammation and elevation of plasma levels of adrenalin also induced by stress in suppressed the immune system and increased levels of serotonin in decreased killing ability of natural killer (NK) cells.

Taking altogether, Yoga therapy may be used as an adjunct to conventional drug therapy for menstrual dysfunction.

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Author Biography
Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrients, All right reserved)
Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published on line, including world wide health, ezine articles, article base, healthblogs, selfgrowth, best before it's news, the karate GB daily, etc.,.
Named TOP 50 MEDICAL ESSAYS FOR ARTISTS & AUTHORS TO READ by Disilgold.com Named 50 of the best health Tweeters Canada - Huffington Post
Nominated for shorty award over last 4 years
Some articles have been used as references in medical research, such as international journal Pharma and Bio science, ISSN 0975-6299.

Sources
(1) Impact of Yoga Nidra on psychological general wellbeing in patients with menstrual irregularities: A randomized controlled trial by Rani K1, Tiwari S, Singh U, Agrawal G, Ghildiyal A, Srivastava N.(PubMed)
(2) Six-month trial of Yoga Nidra in menstrual disorder patients: Effects on somatoform symptoms by Rani K1, Tiwari SC, Singh U, Agrawal GG, Srivastava N.(PubMed)
(3) Psycho-Biological Changes with Add on Yoga Nidra in Patients with MenstrualDisorders: a Randomized Clinical Trial by Rani K1, Tiwari SC1, Kumar S2, Singh U3, Prakash J4, Srivastava N4.(PubMed)