Yoga asanas: Indications and contraindications for using in prevention and treatment of postural deformities
Keywords:
Sedentary life style, irregular body posture, pain, yoga educationAbstract
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.
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