Yoga and Pain: A Comprehensive Mechanistic review
Abstract
Pain is a significant portion of people experience, which is a feeling of discomfort. Yoga is one of the mind body therapies which were employed in managing the pain by considering its efficacy and safety. When it comes to clinical application of Yoga for pain there is disparity in the mechanism of pain in clinician and researchers. So, the purpose of the present study is to highlight the mechanisms related to the influence of Yoga and pain. This includes on the different conditions like migraine, low back pain, arthritis, fibromyalgia, cancer pain, and on yoga practitioners. This mechanism of action includes the involvement of mainly through autonomic regulation, c-fibers of pain, natural opioids, and interleukins etc. This helps to understand and prepare a patient centric Yoga Therapy protocol for the better treatment of the pain.
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