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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.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 236 46 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Stiffness/Spasticity 100 21 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 41 8 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Fibromyalgia 37 14 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Improve flexibility/strength 34 8 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Stiffness 26 12 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 573 patients currently doing Yoga

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 4
Moderate
 10
Mild
 25
None
 92

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Yoga

Muscle soreness 6
Pain 4
Fatigue 4
Aching burning throbbing body pain 2
Pain in lower back 2
Joints ache 2
See all 13 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Schedules

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently doing Yoga. See all 114 dosages ►

  weekly daily 1 hr weekly 2 hr weekly 3 hr weekly 1 hr daily 60 min weekly 15 min daily 20 min daily 30 min daily
  23 Number of Patients: 23 35 Number of Patients: 35 24 Number of Patients: 24 25 Number of Patients: 25 18 Number of Patients: 18 19 Number of Patients: 19 35 Number of Patients: 35 26 Number of Patients: 26 24 Number of Patients: 24 62 Number of Patients: 62  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Doing Yoga (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 52   Other: 56%
I didn't have enough time 18   I didn't have enough time: 19%
Expense 12   Expense: 13%
Not indicated 7   Not indicated: 8%
Side effects too severe 7   Side effects too severe: 8%
Did not seem to work 4   Did not seem to work: 4%
Doctor's advice 3   Doctor's advice: 3%
Course of treatment ended 2   Course of treatment ended: 2%

See all 92 patients who’ve stopped doing Yoga

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Doing Yoga

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

Stopped Doing Yoga

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

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Yoga

Always
 27 21%
Usually
 60 46%
Sometimes
 42 32%
Never
 2 2%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Yoga

Very
 16 12%
Somewhat
 34 26%
A little
 45 34%
Not at all
 36 27%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Yoga

$200+
 2 2%
$100-199
 16 17%
$50-99
 18 19%
$25-49
 7 8%
< $25
 50 54%

Report created on May 27, 2012.