Yoga Poses For Arthritis

Arthritis is a painful disease which is curable depending upon the extent to which the body has been affected. When a person is affected with arthritis, the last thing that comes in the mind is exercising. One of the best treatments for arthritis is doing yoga. There might not be any immediate effects with the yoga but if done regularly, there will definitely be a balance, strength, flexibility that will built up with the yoga.

People with the arthritis will not be willing to move their joints as they have pain as well as stiffness in it, the yoga should be done and the joints will be moved and pain will get reduced. The more you move the body and the more the joint movement is there, the better is for you and the pain will get reduced quickly.

When a person is inactive and doesn't do any work the pain related to the arthritis may start increasing. The research shows that the joints will get activated when this is done and this will lessen the pain. So, here are some of the poses in yoga with which the arthritis can be treated. Always practise them with the support of a wall initially as you may not be able to maintain the balance and might fall.

a) Sun salutation: The first pose can be sun salutation and the yoga can be started with this pose. For this pose, elongate the body fully so that the body will be stretched in every part. Raise the hands above and inhale. Then exhale and bring the arms down and touch the feet without bending the knee. Do this every day for five times.

b) Warrior: Stand in the mountain poses and bring the feet apart. Now raise the arms parallel to the floor and turn your head to the left. Turn the left foot to 90 degrees and bend the left knee. Stay in this position for 30 seconds and do this with the right feet and right knee. This can be done five times every day.

c) Tree pose: Stay in the mountain pose, bring the left feet to the inside of the right thigh with the toe pointing downwards. As you inhale stretch the arms sideways, bring the arms together in a pray position. Now raise the arms in the prayer position and keep breathing through the belly. Do this with the right feet as well and stay for 30 seconds in each position.

There is a saying, "Do not get your joints rusted, so use and exercise on them daily". The yoga not only cures the arthritis but also burns the extra calories in the body and built the muscle in the body. Doing this yoga for 30 minutes a day for four to five times a week will help in reducing the arthritis and making the body fit and healthy.

These are some of the poses in yoga which can be done for the arthritis. Make sure you visit a rheumatologist or the family doctor before staring the yoga as some bodies are not eligible for them. So, talk to them and start doing yoga so that it is safe and there will not be any complications with it after starting. Slowly start doing them and increase the time over a period of time. The body will get used to it slowly and the pain will be reduced slowly with these yoga poses.