In recent years, yoga has been recommended as both a palliative and preventative activity for cancer patients. For example, Breast Cancer Treatments can often include many side effects such as Fatigue, Headaches, pain and numbness, dental issues, bone loss, headaches, heart problems, lymphedema, and many more. Lymphedema is the swelling of a limb and occurs as a result of the blockage in the lymphatic system from the removal of lymph nodes and cancer treatment. Side effects are often managed with medications or manual lymph drainage. However, integrative cancer approaches have looked to yoga as a possible treatment for cancer management, both for physiological and for socio-emotional matters.
In the International Journal of Yoga, Narahari and co-authors write an article entitled,Yoga protocol for treatment of breast cancer-related lymphedema. This article explains how the co-authors have used yoga and breathing as a self-care intervention for breast cancer-related lymphedema (BCRL). They created a protocol for BCRL based on actions of muscles on joints and anatomical areas linked to particular lymph nodes, stretching of skin and yoga breathing methods. 20 yoga and 5 breathing exercises were adopted to help patients tolerate and pain. In comparison with other Yoga progocols, this protocol demonstrated greater effects. For more details of the protocol, implications and results, read the article!
Narahari S R, Aggithaya MG, Thernoe L, Bose KS, Ryan TJ. Yoga protocol for treatment of breast cancer-related lymphedema. Int J Yoga 2016;9:145-55
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