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What is Yoga?

Yoga is a group of ancient spiritual practices originating in India, and within Hinduism refers to ascetic and meditational practices intended to lead to spiritual experience and insight into the nature of existence. Outside India, yoga is practiced as a form of exercise. Read more...

Reasons done & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons done	# of patients	# of patients evaluated by
General health	170	18
Stiffness/Spasticity	60	9
Other	39	7
Mobility	19	5
Treat my mood condition(s)	16	4
Stiffness	13	3
Treat Parkinson's	10	2
Slow my MS progress	7	0
Fatigue	7	0
all of them i think	6	3
Anxiety	6	1
Pain	5	1
Pain, chronic	5	1
Fibromyalgia	4	0
Support another treatment	4	1
Muscle tension	3	0
exercise	3	1
Emotional lability	3	1
Slow my ALS progress	2	0
Flexibility, Meditation	2	0
Muscle spasms	2	0
Retain flexibility and range of motion	2	1
Balance problems	2	1
disease-related symptoms	2	0
healthy diet and food choices	1	1
Need to stretch	1	0
Ankylosing Spondylitis	1	1
Anxiety and frustration	1	0
Depression	1	1
relaxation	1	1
flexibility, balance, general spiritual well being	1	0
Limit self to classes. realise dahn yoga has propblemThe classed have helped me with flexability,decrease in tone and endurance.	1	0
stiffness in legs	1	0
Mood	1	1
helps with balance & flexibility	1	0
for therapy and exercise for my back, pelvic frame and legs.	1	0
all of the above, pain control, mind relaxation	1	1
anxiety, depression, confusion, falling down	1	0
Flexibility	1	0
Don't know	1	0
Mental wellbeing	1	0
Stress management	1	1
General health	1	1
stiffness, balance issues	1	0
increase balance, strength and flexibility and reduce stress with breathing	1	0
to increase flexibility in tight muscles and stress reduction	1	0
joint pain	1	0
TONING	1	0
STRENGTH	1	0

See all 49 reasons taken ▼

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe	0	0%
Moderate	1	2%
Mild	8	15%
None	44	83%

Most commonly reported side effects

Sore muscles	3	6%
Aches and pains	2	4%
Fatigue	2	4%
Muscle aches	1	2%
Pain	1	2%

Mild
Moderate
Severe

See all 5 reported side effects ▼

Schedules

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently doing Yoga. See all 69 dosages ►

105minutes as needed	10 min as needed	10minutes as needed	15minutes as needed	1hours as needed	20minutes as needed	2minutes as needed	30minutes as needed	45minutes as needed	5 min all the time (24/7)	5minutes as needed	60 min all the time (24/7)	as needed	daily	monthly	weekly	1 hr monthly	1.5 hr every other week	1 hr weekly	1 weekly	1.5 hours weekly	1.5 hr weekly	3 hr every other week	2 hr weekly	2 other weekly	2 weekly	3 hr weekly	3 other weekly	3 weekly	0.5 hours daily	4 hr weekly	5 hr weekly	6 hr weekly	1 daily	1 hr daily	1 min daily	1.5 hours daily	12 hr weekly	2 hr daily	15 min weekly	30 min every other week	2.5 hours daily	20 min weekly	40 min every other week	90 min monthly	45 min every other week	30 min weekly	60 min every other week	5 min daily	35 min weekly	45 min weekly	90 min every other week	50 min weekly	60 min weekly	10 min daily	75 min weekly	90 min weekly	15 min daily	120 min weekly	20 min daily	150 min weekly	180 min weekly	weekly	200 min weekly	30 min daily	45 min daily	60 min daily	60 min one time	75 min daily
1	1	2	1	4	1	1	4	2	1	1	1	6	37	1	24	1	1	22	1	4	1	1	20	1	1	12	2	1	4	7	1	1	1	17	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	7	2	1	1	3	1	1	16	11	2	11	15	2	16	1	2	1	1	45	6	8	1	1

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Doing Yoga (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Other	30	67%
Expense	6	13%
Did not seem to work	4	9%
Not indicated	4	9%
Doctor's advice	1	2%
Course of treatment ended	1	2%

See all 44 patients who’ve stopped doing Yoga

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Doing Yoga

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
2	7	10	43	51	109

Stopped Doing Yoga

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
3	6	14	8	6	8

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always	9	17%
Usually	24	45%
Sometimes	20	38%
Never	0	0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very	4	8%
Somewhat	5	9%
A little	19	36%
Not at all	25	47%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+	0	0%
$100-199	4	8%
$50-99	5	9%
$25-49	2	4%
< $25	21	40%

Patient Evaluations

See all 53 patient evaluations

gardener

Sex: F

Sensation: None

Overall: None

Cognition: none

Vision: none

Speech: none

Swallowing: none

Upper limb: none

Walking: none

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gardener

0.5 hr daily

since Aug 25, 2008
Efficacy Major for General health
Side Effects None
Advice/Tips Be consistant. See full evaluation

Nyrsaeans

Sex: F

Depression: 1

Emotional: 1

Compulsion: 2

Anxiety: 2

Mania: 3

Physical: 2

External Stress: Overwhelming

32 F

Function: Moderate

Distress: Moderate

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Nyrsaeans

30 min daily

since Oct 24, 2008
Efficacy Major for Treat my mood condition(s)
Side Effects None
Advice/Tips check with your doctor; otherwise great for exercise, general health, and relaxation See full evaluation

phnx3

Sex: F

Pain: Some

Fatigue: All

Sleep: Little

Stiffness: None

function: Some

external_stress: None

Stickman: some

Description:F55y

FM:2y Dx

CFS:2y Dx

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phnx3

since Oct 27, 2008
Efficacy Slight for General health
Side Effects None
See full evaluation

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Forum

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Report created on November 20, 2009.

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