Doctors recommend yoga for ailments

Dr. Reid Blackwelder recommends yoga to his patients “all the time.”

Some recent studies conducted at Duke University and the University of North Carolina have shown that there are indeed proven health benefits for patients who practice yoga. Specifically, these studies have looked at patients suffering from irritable bowel syndrome, hot flashes, and sleep and energy levels for postmenopausal women with early breast cancer.

But Blackwelder points out other studies show yoga can help people who also suffer a whole host of other ailments as well, including depression, hypertension, arthritis, chronic back pain, anxiety and stress.