Yoga helpful in reducing pain, busts stress building harmone
Practising yoga elevates psychological well being and reduces pain . The study investigated the effects of practicing yoga on cortisol levels in women with fibromyalgia. Fibromyalgia predominantly affects women, is characterized by chronic pain and fatigue; common symptoms include muscle stiffness, sleep disturbances, gastrointestinal discomfort, anxiety and depression. Earlier researches have reported that women with fibromyalgia have lower-than-average cortisol levels, which lead to pain, fatigue and stress sensitivity. According to the study, participants' saliva revealed elevated levels of total cortisol following a program of 75 minutes of hatha yoga twice weekly over the course of eight weeks. According to the study's lead author, Kathryn Curtis, a PhD student in York's Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health "Ideally, our cortisol levels peak about 30-40 minutes after we get up in the morning and decline throughout the day until we're rea...
