How yoga sessions 'can ease symptoms of the menopause': Stress reduction therapies may be alternative to hormone replacement treatment
- U.S. study shows yoga could help women battling the menopause
- It found stress reduction therapies could be used instead of the hormone replacement treatment widely used now
- Yoga helped women's sleep, mood and pain symptoms
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Yoga could help women limit symptoms of the menopause, according to researchers.
They found that stress reduction therapies, including yoga, may be an alternative to hormone replacement treatment.
Their review is the first to look at the effect of such therapies on multiple problems ranging from hot flushes to low mood, rather than individual problems.
Yoga could help women limit symptoms of the menopause, according to researchers
Yoga significantly cut hot flushes and improved concentration, sleep and pain levels.
Professor Nancy Woods and colleagues at the University of Washington, Seattle, examined a range of non-drug studies, including herbal medicine, Chinese medicine, yoga, exercise and relaxation.
The researchers found that relaxation therapies and yoga showed the most promise.
‘Selected mind-body therapies may provide useful treatment for menopausal symptoms, although properly controlled studies are still required to confirm these benefits,’ the professor said.
‘In particular, yoga showed significant treatment effects for hot flushes and cognitive symptoms.
'Yoga showed significant treatment effects for hot flushes and cognitive symptoms'
- Professor Nancy Woods from the University of Washington
‘In certain groups yoga also showed benefits for sleep, mood, and pain symptoms.’
She added that many women did not want to use hormone replacement therapy but were poorly advised about the science behind non-drug alternatives.
The review was published in the menopause journal Climacteric.
Its editor Nick Panay said: ‘We know these menopause symptoms are real, but their effect may be exaggerated if a woman is anxious or stressed.’
Yoga significantly cut hot flushes and improved concentration, sleep and pain levels
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