Yoga and Multiple Sclerosis : A Journey to Health and Healing

Книга Yoga and Multiple Sclerosis: A Journey to Health and Healing Yoga and Multiple Sclerosis: A Journey to Health and HealingКниги Красота и здоровье Автор: M.D. Loren Martin Fishman Год издания: 2007 Формат: pdf Издат.:Demos Health Страниц: 240 Размер: 8mb ISBN: 1932603174 Язык: Английский0 (голосов: 0) Оценка:Yoga for people with multiple sclerosis? Absolutely! Studies show that after six months of practicing yoga, fatigue and other symptoms are significantly reduced. Yoga and Multiple Sclerosis: A Journey to Health and Healing is a comprehensive and user-friendly guide to applying the principles of yoga to managing your MS. Yoga and Multiple Sclerosis contains information for people experiencing symptoms across the MS spectrum, including those who are in wheelchairs or who have limited mobility. With the help of this book, you will be able to manage your symptoms, raise your functional abilities to their highest levels, and foster independence and confidence. Co-author Eric Small was diagnosed with MS at the age of 22, and soon after became a serious student of Iyengar yoga, which has helped him greatly with the effects of his illness. He has been teaching yoga since the mid-1960s. His story is a perfect example of the benefits yoga can bestow on those living with MS. Yoga for people with multiple sclerosis? Absolutely! Today, people with a wide range of medical problems use yoga successfully. Because of its emphasis on relaxation, breathing, and deliberate movement, it can be especially beneficial for individuals dealing with a neurologic disease like multiple sclerosis. Yoga and Multiple Sclerosis, coauthored by Dr. Loren Martin Fishman and Eric Small, a yoga teacher who first embraced these techniques as a way to manage his own symptoms of multiple sclerosis, is a comprehensive guide to applying the principles of yoga to the management of MS. The first section is a straightforward but gentle introduction to yoga - a therapeutic approach to the practice itself. The second part is functionally oriented. Different yoga poses that work toward a common goal, such as combating fatigue, reducing spasticity, and increasing range of motion, are included and illustrated. This user-friendly guideDescribes how yoga works Includes photographs and descriptions of each pose Explains effects, advantages, and contraindications Contains starter poses that will help the uninitiated or physically challenged to gently achieve a postureYoga and Multiple Sclerosis: A Journey to Health and Healing is an excellent guidebook and tool for people with MS, people who undertake yoga on their own, and for all members of the medical and yoga communities. This comprehensive, user-friendly guide shows how to apply Yogic principles to the management of multiple sclerosis. Written by a medical doctor and a Yoga teacher who has MS, the book includes photographs and descriptions of each pose; explains effects, advantages, and contraindications; and contains "starter poses." Outlines A New Approach To Managing The Symptoms Of Multiple Sclerosis Using Yogic Principles Of Relaxation, Breathing, And Deliberate Movement, In A Comprehensive Reference That Addresses Such Topics As Fatigue, Reducing Spasticity, And Increasing Motion Ranges. Original.