PatientsLikeMe : Stretch Yoga Treatment Report

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Patients

Taking Stretch Yoga
77 Patients currently take Stretch Yoga
10 Patients stopped taking Stretch Yoga
Boo Boo Mouth/throat: mild Arms: none Chest: none Legs: none See profile Boo Boo hr since Jan 08, 2008
suzhussey Sensation: Moderate Overall: Mild Cognition: moderate Vision: moderate Speech: mild Swallowing: mild Upper limb: mild Walking: moderate See profile suzhussey since Feb 16, 2008
rusty327 Sensation: Moderate Overall: Mild Cognition: moderate Vision: moderate Speech: none Swallowing: none Upper limb: moderate Walking: moderate See profile rusty327 0.5hr daily since Sep 03, 2007

What is Stretch Yoga? Yoga is a family of ancient spiritual practices that originated in India, where it remains a vibrant living tradition and is seen as a means to enlightenment. Read more...

Jump to:: Reasons Taken; Dosages; Duration; Patient Evaluations

Reasons Taken

87 patients in the community are taking or have taken Stretch Yoga.

Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
General health	43	49%
Stiffness/spasticity	19	21%
Other	6	6%
Slow my MS progress	4	4%
disease-related symptoms	2	2%
Muscle tension	2	2%
Treat my mood condition(s)	2	2%
Mobility	1	1%
Pain	1	1%
Slow my ALS progress	1	1%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Stretch Yoga.

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All (Show Top 10)

0 hr day	0 day	0 min none	0 hr week	0.14286 hr week	0.21429 hr week	0.28572 hr week	0.42858 hr week	0.5 hr day	0.57144 hr week	1 hr day	1.5 hr day	1.71432 hr week	10 min day	10.7145 min week	30 min day
9	2	1	4	8	1	7	2	4	2	9	1	1	1	1	1

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Stretch Yoga or how long patients were taking Stretch Yoga before stopping.

Currently taking Stretch Yoga

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
1	0	2	15	12	17

Stopped taking Stretch Yoga

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

Why Patients Stopped Taking Stretch Yoga (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Other	7	70%
Did not seem to work	2	20%
Not indicated	1	10%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 5 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major	75%	3
Slight	25%	1

General health

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe	0%	0
Moderate	20%	1
Mild	20%	1
None	60%	3

Top reported side-effects include: Fatigue, Pain

Summary results are based on 5 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 5)

gardener

Sensation: None

Overall: None

Cognition: none

Vision: none

Speech: none

Swallowing: none

Upper limb: none

Walking: none

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by gardener
Aug 25, 2008