According to a study, yoga helps cancer patients both mentally and physically. While yoga cannot cure cancer, it can help lower the side effects of cancer and its treatment.
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Yoga for cancer patients
According to a study, yoga helps cancer patients both mentally and physically. While yoga cannot cure cancer, it can help lower the side effects of cancer and its treatment.
Yoga can:-
Reduce cancer-related fatigueHelp in the recovery of cancer treatmentHelp in the management of cancer-related depression, anxiety, and distressImproves sleepEffects of yoga in the management of cancer-related fatigue
Cancer-related fatigue impacts a person's daily life on physical, emotional, or mental levels. Cancer patients can have it before, during, and after and as cancer survivors, too. Yoga has proven benefits in reducing cancer-related fatigue.
Yoga can bring:-
Improvement in fatigue after treatmentImprovement in fatigue during treatmentImprovement in physical and mental fatigue too.Effects of yoga in recovery From Cancer Surgery
Many women feel stress before breast cancer surgery. It can hurt their post-surgery recovery. Also stress before surgery has been linked to more pain, longer hospital stays, and more complications. Study shows that those patients who did yoga before had better results. Yoga can help to reduce stress and thereby helps in faster recovery.
Effects of yoga in the management of chemo Side Effects:-
Chemotherapy can cause:
Tingling, or a "pins and needles" feelingPain or a burning sensation Muscle weakness
Yoga and meditation can reduce the side effects of chemotherapy by bringing
More flexibilityBetter balanceLess risk of falls
Mental Health Benefits of yoga
Cancer patients often experience distress, depression, and anxiety. Many studies suggest yoga may ease them. Yoga can help in reducing:-
Negativity
DistressDepressionAnxietyIt also improvesSelf-esteemSpiritual well-being
Yoga has been utilized in the management of a spread of symptoms like fatigue, sleep disturbances, loss of appetite, chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV), and pain in cancer patients. Ask us which yoga is beneficial for you.
