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Friday, April 15, 2011

Hatha Yoga is a Solution For Knee Problems

Yoga can be of great help to people suffering from Osteoarthritis or other knee problems. Celebrity Yoga Trainer Subodh Gupta talks about how various yoga postures can improve the condition.

Osteoarthritis is a degenerative disease in which the cartilage gradually decays and fails to provide the shock absorbing padding that cushions the bones and this phenomenon has slowly been on the rise in the last few years. Many older people suffer from this painful arthritic condition, however this knee pain is not only restricted to older people but in fact young people are also getting effected by it. The most common risk factors for knee pain is old age, obesity, knee injuries. Knee injuries can be because of hyperextension, misalignment of knee, inappropriate way of doing exercise, tight muscles or because of combination of above factors. (MORE)

Source: MyBangalore.com

1 comment:

Unknown said...

I think yoga in general is a good way to relieve knee pain. Helped me out a bunch!