Yoga is known to have a relaxing effect on the mind and body. It is this relaxing effect that makes yoga a very good pain relief exercise. It is often suggested to people with chronic pain conditions.
But if you're suffering from arthritis, wouldn't practicing yoga be difficult, considering that yoga's full of difficult poses that require you to twist your body in a certain position? That's kind of hard for someone with stiff, achy joints.
Yoga helps improve circulation and make the bones and muscles stronger. You can do it without having to exert your body so much. Yoga is more than just the poses, it's also about breathing and meditation.
These days, modified yoga poses and exercises have been created to provide arthritics with the full pain relief benefits of yoga, some of which require the use of accessories to perform. For more information on these modified yoga exercises, inquire with your local yoga instructor.
Just because you're arthritic, it doesn't mean that you should lessen the amount of exercise you get. You should, in fact, include it in your daily schedule to prevent further stiffening of the joints which will make moving around more difficult for you.
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