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What is Bikram Yoga?

Also known as "hot yoga", because it is style of yoga recommended for practice in a room heated to 105 degrees F. The sequence of postures has been copyrighted by Bikram Choudhury, which is a matter of controversey among US yoga practitioners. Read more...Click to read more below

Reasons done & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons done # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
General health 4 1
Ankylosing Spondylitis 1 1
relaxation 1 1
Other 1 0
exercise 1 1
Balance problems 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
1 33%
None
2 67%

Most commonly reported side effects

Muscle aches
1 33%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Doing Bikram Yoga (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other
2 67% Other: 67%
Expense
1 33% Expense: 33%

See all 3 patients who’ve stopped doing Bikram Yoga

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Doing Bikram Yoga

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
1
1
1
1

Stopped Doing Bikram Yoga

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
1
1
0
0
1

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
1 33%
Usually
1 33%
Sometimes
1 33%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
1 33%
A little
2 67%
Not at all
0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
2 67%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
1 33%
< $25
0 0%

Report created on November 21, 2009.