Alternative Therapy: Yoga In Relief of Severity, Duration & Frequency in Chronic Headache

Kyle J. Norton 

Yoga therapy may have an important role in regulated central versus peripheral mechanisms in expression of chronic headache, the study by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences suggested.

Yoga, the ancient practical 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.

According to the study to investigate the role of muscle spasm over activity in chronic tension type headache (CTTH) with 15 patients of CTTH and 7 age matched controls, randomized assigned to either yoga intervention or control, yoga group demonstrated a significant improvement in reduced overactivity of temporalis muscle in CTTH patients at rest in compared with control.

Furthermore after examined the the EMG records, researchers found that yoga group displayed a substantial decrease in the mean electromyography (EMG) amplitude of temporalis muscle during rest and mental activity in compared to other applications such as non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs, botulinum toxin injections, and improved subjective pain scores.

EMG amplitude is medical technique in evaluation of details of the timing and magnitude of muscle activation for many muscles powering a variety of types of locomotion.

Truly, yoga breathing and relaxation reduced daily stress through calming the central nervous system by connecting the mind and body, restoring the endocrine system in hormone balancing, thus reduced production of stress hormone cortisol through bring back the present moment, while letting them go or dealing them in a profound way.

Further more, yoga postures and deep breathing ameliorated over expression of nerve neurons in transmitted information of sensation, stress, and suffering by creating a state of ease of the body and mind, and strengthening the flow of energy, thus enhancing relaxation response to pain through unraveling the mind-body samskaras.

Other, a study is conducted of 50 patients (aged 18-58 years) in a clinical diagnosis of CCTH, divided in 2 groups. with group 1 (n=30) received 8 lessons and practical demonstration of Brahmakumaris spiritual based meditation known as Rajyoga meditation for relaxation therapy, in addition to routine medical treatment (analgesics and muscle relaxants) and group 2 (n=20) patients received analgesics and muscle relaxants twice a day but no relaxation therapy in the form of meditation by the Dr. Kiran, and colleagues, to support of the effect of yoga therapy in reduced symptoms and pain in tension types of headache, after 8 weeks follow up period, scientists showed that both therapies showed a highly significant reduction in headache variables but yoga group expressed a highly significant relief of severity, duration & frequency of headache in Group 1 by 94%, 91% and 97% in compared to group 2 of 36%, 36% and 49% respectively.

The total headache relief according to headache index was 99% in yoga group  in compared to 51% in control group.

These results indicated that yoga intervention may have an acute effect in ameliorated pain in chronic tension headache.

More promisingly, in the study to provide preliminary data on the feasibility, acceptability, and safety of alignment-based yoga for youths with chronic headaches researchers at the joint study led by the Medical College of Wisconsin/Children's Hospital of Wisconsin found that yoga therapy may be considered pediatric headaches treatment indicated by positive parent and participant ratings of the yoga experience. 

In deed, some yoga instructors suggested that the alleviation of stress induced insomnia and swelling and constriction of the blood vessels of yoga exercise in initiation of deep sleep and in reduced tension of the blood vessels in the face and neck may also decreased pain through head muscles relaxation and revitalization and improved hypertension in blood circulation, particularly in people with chronic headache. 

The finding evidences suggested that yoga intervention may be used as an integrated form of exercise in provided relief in severity of headache, duration & frequency of chronic headache, particularly in tension types of headache.

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Author Biography
Kyle J. Norton 
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) Role of temporalis muscle over activity in chronic tension type headache: effect of yoga based management by Bhatia R1, Dureja GP, Tripathi M, Bhattacharjee M, Bijlani RL, Mathur R.(PubMed)
(2) Effect of rajyoga meditation on chronic tension headache by Kiran, Girgla KK, Chalana H, Singh H.(PubMed)
(3) A pilot study of yoga for chronic headaches in youth: promise amidst challenges by Hainsworth KR1, Salamon KS2, Khan KA3, Mascarenhas B4, Davies WH2, Weisman SJ3.(PubMed)
(4) Interpreting muscle function from EMG: lessons learned from direct measurements of muscle force byThomas J. Roberts1,* and Annette M. Gabaldón(PMC)