Название: Yoga and Multiple Sclerosis: A Journey to Health and Healing
Автор: Loren Martin Fishman, B. Phil, Eric Small
Издательство: Demos Health
Год: 2007
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 296
Размер: 10,2 МБ
Язык: English
Yoga for people with multiple sclerosis? Absolutely! Today, people with a wide range of medical problems use yoga successfully. Because of its emphasis on relaxation, breathing, and deliberate movement, it can be especially beneficial for individuals dealing with a neurologic disease like multiple sclerosis.
Yoga and Multiple Sclerosis, coauthored by Dr. Loren Martin Fishman and Eric Small, a yoga teacher who first embraced these techniques as a way to manage his own symptoms of multiple sclerosis, is a comprehensive guide to applying the principles of yoga to the management of MS. The first section is a straightforward but gentle introduction to yoga - a therapeutic approach to the practice itself. The second part is functionally oriented. Different yoga poses that work toward a common goal, such as combating fatigue, reducing spasticity, and increasing range of motion, are included and illustrated.
This user-friendly guide
* Describes how yoga works
* Includes photographs and descriptions of each pose
* Explains effects, advantages, and contraindications
* Contains starter poses that will help the uninitiated or physically challenged to gently achieve a posture