Yoga asanas: Indications and contraindications for using in prevention and treatment of postural deformities

Authors

  • Tijana Purenović-Ivanović University of Niš, Faculty of Sport and Physical education Serbia

Keywords:

Sedentary life style, irregular body posture, pain, yoga education

Abstract

Modern civilisation, thanks to technology development, provides very comfortable and easy living – life without huge physical efforts, i.e. sedentary life. The consequences are numerous, and the biggest problem is our health that suffers the most. One of many health problems, which can be seen by naked eye, is poor or irregular body posture. Irregular body posture can transfer to more complex stage – fixed postural deformity, but only if one doesn’t react on time. Today we can speak about high incidence of postural abnormalities. Based on the concept that postural abnormalities cause pain and injury, postural education and correction have been used as treatment approaches for alleviating pain. Poor posture can be treated in many ways, and one of it is Yoga. That’s why the aim of this research is determinate - which Yoga exercises can be used for prevention and treatment of the postural abnormalities.

References

Collins, C. (1998). Yoga: intuition, preventive medicine and treatment. Available on: http://www.blackwell-synergy.com

Greendale, G. A., McDivit, A., Carpenter, A., Seeger, L. & Huang, M. (2002). Yoga for women with hyperkyphosis: results of a pilot study. Available on: http://www.ajph.org/cgi/content/full/92/10/1611

Griegel–Morris, P., Larson, K., Mueller–Klaus, K. & Oatis, C.A. (1992). Incidence of common postural abnormalities in the cervical, shoulder, and thoracic regions and their association with pain in two age groups of healthy subjects. Available on: http://www.ptjournal.org/cgi/reprint/72/6/425

Khalsa, S.B.S. & Cope, S. (2006). Effects of a Yoga lifestyle intervention on performance-related characteristics of musicians: a preliminary study. Available on: http://www.medscimonit.com/pub/vol_12/no_8/8987.pdf

Maheshwarananda, P.S. (2000). The system “Yoga in Daily life”. Vienna: European University Press.

Raub, J.A. (2002). Psychophysiologic effects of Hatha Yoga on musculoskeletal and cardiopulmonary function: a literature review. Available on: http://web.ebscohostcom/ehost/pdf

Rehor, P. R., Kornatovska, Z. (2013) Measuring of health - related benefits of physical activity in high school students. Acta Salus Vitae, 2013, 1 (2). 151 - 160.

Savic, K., Pfau, D., Skoric, S., Pfau, J., Spasojevic, N. (1990). The effect of Hatha Yoga on poor posture in children and the psychophysiologic condition in adults. Available on: http://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi

Shankar, G. (2005). Yoga psychotherapy around the world. Available on: http://iranpa.org/pdf/024.pdf

Downloads

Published

13-07-2017

How to Cite

Purenović-Ivanović, T. (2017). Yoga asanas: Indications and contraindications for using in prevention and treatment of postural deformities. Acta Salus Vitae, 5(1), 45–55. Retrieved from http://odborne.casopisy.palestra.cz/index.php/actasalusvitae/article/view/117