Yoga during menopause
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when a woman’s reproductive system slows
down and eventually stops around the age
of 50, this is called a menopause. Each
and every one of the aged females has to
pass through the period of menopause.
Symptoms:
heart palpitations
dizziness
uneasiness
decreased sex drive
feeling of vomiting
sleeplessness.
Headache
excitement
worries
loss of concentration
gloom
pain in joints
dryness of the skin
a drop in your estrogens levels can cause
you to lose bone mass, but you can easily
counter this by exercising your bones.
Before the onset of menopause, ovaries of
the ladies secrete sex hormones
(estrogen). During menopause this
estrogen which is continuously circulating
in the blood gets reduced to the
significant extent. Because of the
reduction in the level of estrogen the
pituitary gland in the brain has to
secrets more gonadotrophin hormones
maintaining the balance in the body.
Reports show that, the 80 % of ladies who
are approaching menopause suffer from
uneasiness, lot of perspiration and
unnatural bodily heat. This uneasiness
and hotness is felt because the proportion
of estrogen has decreased. Such
uneasiness persists every time from half a
minute to five minutes. This feeling of
heat and perspiration results from
chemical changes that take place inside
the body when perspiration evaporates; one
also feels trembling due to cold.
Some women easily adopt the changes with
no discomfort, while others feel
uncomfortable and often unwelcome
sensations as their body adjusts to a new
chemical balance.
Considering menopause can last for five
years you will probably want to do
everything you can to minimize the
unpleasantness. Yoga keeps body and mind
in sound health. Ladies practicing yoga
practice from their middle-age period they
hardly notice the onset as well as the
passing away of the menopause period.
Yoga can help to alleviate or eliminate
many of the sometimes-uncomfortable
physical and emotional feelings associated
with menopause.
inverted postures and pranayama are
particularly helpful of hot flashes
because they cool the body and fill it
with energy and life force.
Diet:
include
fresh fruits and vegetables.
Milk --- maintain the level of calcium in
the body.
Drink lot of water that will stabilize the
effects caused by the liquid discharge out
of the glands.
Reduce the intake of salt in food.
To know more about diet click here.
Note:
if the effect of menopause is very serious
or in greater proportion, doctors give
estrogen in such conditions for hormonal
replacement therapy; but such a treatment
makes ladies prone to cancer of breast or
uterus.
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love,
sima
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DianaJJ
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Posted: 08-14-06 07:18am
Sima,
really good information....Thanks very
much. That website is great also.
I have taken some yoga classes and enjoyed
them very much but I think doing them on a
regular basis would be very helpful for my
menopausal symptoms.
