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Yoga has been suggested to be useful in managing a range of medical conditions, including musculoskeletal conditions, cardiovascular conditions, stress, depression, and anxiety.<ref name=":0" /> Yoga may function as either an alternative method of pelvic floor muscle training or a supplement to such training. Yoga may also address mental health and quality of life issues, through potential effects on depression, stress, and anxiety, and help patients manage their medical condition. Physiotherapists with knowledge of the pelvic floor can successfully integrate yoga practices into their therapy to improve various pelvic health issues. | |||
Yoga has been suggested to be useful in managing a range of medical conditions, including musculoskeletal conditions, cardiovascular conditions, stress, depression, and anxiety.<ref name=":0" /> Yoga may function as either an alternative method of pelvic floor muscle training or a supplement to such training. Yoga may also address mental health and quality of life issues, through potential effects on depression, stress, and anxiety, and help patients manage their medical condition. | |||
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Definitions[edit | edit source]
Yoga:
"A Hindu spiritual and ascetic discipline, a part of which, including breath control, simple meditation, and the adoption of specific bodily postures, is widely practised for health and relaxation." [1]
Mindfulness:
"Mindfulness is the basic human ability to be fully present, aware of where we are and what we’re doing, and not overly reactive or overwhelmed by what’s going on around us." [2]
Clinically Relevant Anatomy[edit | edit source]
Please see the page "Pelvic Floor Anatomy," for further details regarding anatomy.
Roles of the Pelvic Floor[edit | edit source]
Yoga and mindfulness training[edit | edit source]
Yoga has been suggested to be useful in managing a range of medical conditions, including musculoskeletal conditions, cardiovascular conditions, stress, depression, and anxiety.[3] Yoga may function as either an alternative method of pelvic floor muscle training or a supplement to such training. Yoga may also address mental health and quality of life issues, through potential effects on depression, stress, and anxiety, and help patients manage their medical condition. Physiotherapists with knowledge of the pelvic floor can successfully integrate yoga practices into their therapy to improve various pelvic health issues.
Urinary incontinence
Urinary incontinence is usually initially managed by conservative therapies. Many reviews of these conservative interventions, such as lifestyle advice, bladder training, and pelvic floor muscle training used either alone or in combination with other active treatments such as biofeedback.[4][5][6] A randomized trial of ambulatory women aged 40 years and older, studied the effects of Iyengar yoga, a form of Hatha yoga on urinary incontinence. On average, 85% decrease in stress incontinence frequency compared to a 25% increase in controls, however, no significant differences in reduction in urgency incontinence. Specific yoga poses that are believed to be helpful include the Utkatasana (chair pose), Trikonasana (triangle pose), and the Malasana (squat pose).[7] Yoga may help improve general body alignment, flexibility, strength, control, and awareness, all of which are thought to assist in strengthening the pelvic floor muscles.[3] Yoga may therefore function as either an alternative method of pelvic floor muscle training or a supplement to such training. Yoga may also address mental health and quality of life issues, through potential effects on depression, stress, and anxiety, and help patients manage their medical condition.[8]
Pelvic organ prolapse
Pelvic pain
Irritable bowel syndrome
Dysmenorrhea
Resources[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Oxford dictionaries. Available from:https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/yoga
- ↑ Mindful. Available from: https://www.mindful.org/what-is-mindfulness/
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Tenfelde S, Logan R, Abernethy M. Yoga for the Pelvic Floor. Beginnings. 2014;34(1).
- ↑ Ayeleke RO, Hay‐Smith EJ, Omar MI. Pelvic floor muscle training added to another active treatment versus the same active treatment alone for urinary incontinence in women. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2013(11).
- ↑ Dumoulin C, Hay‐Smith EJ, Mac Habée‐Séguin G. Pelvic floor muscle training versus no treatment, or inactive control treatments, for urinary incontinence in women. Cochrane database of systematic reviews. 2014(5).
- ↑ Wallace SA, Roe B, Williams K, Palmer M. Bladder training for urinary incontinence in adults. Cochrane Database of systematic reviews. 2004(1).
- ↑ Huang AJ, Jenny HE, Chesney MA, Schembri M, Subak LL. A group-based yoga therapy intervention for urinary incontinence in women: a pilot randomized trial. Female pelvic medicine & reconstructive surgery. 2014 May;20(3):147.
- ↑ Shrestha N, Lassi ZS, Panda S, Chiaramonte D, Skoetz N, Wieland LS. Yoga for treatment of urinary incontinence in women. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews. 2017 May;2017(5).
