RESEARCH - Yoga eases fibromyalgia pain

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Yoga Eases Fibromyalgia Pain

Medscape.com

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Bill Hendrick

October 15, 2010 — Women with fibromyalgia can reduce symptoms of the

disease and improve their function by practicing the mind-body

techniques of yoga, a new study says.

Researchers in Oregon who enrolled 53 women aged 21 or older for the

study say that women who participated in a “Yoga of Awareness” health

program showed significantly greater improvement in fibromyalgia

symptoms.

Their findings are published in the November issue of Pain, the

journal of the International Association for the Study of Pain.

To participate in the study, the women had to have been diagnosed with

fibromyalgia using the American College of Rheumatology’s criteria for

at least one year, and to be on a stable regimen of prescription or

over-the-counter medications for at least three months.

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