| Psoriasis can lead to other health issues. If you have | | | | years ago. It uses poses or postures along with |
| Psoriasis, you may develop arthritis. This happens to | | | | deeply controlled breathing exercises that lead to |
| about 5% to 10% of people who have been diagnosed | | | | benefits to the body mind and spirit. Yoga is a very |
| with Psoriasis. Symptoms vary from swollen and | | | | versatile form of exercise and meditation and it is |
| deformed feet and joints on the hand to pain on the | | | | used, in different forms, to treat a very wide range of |
| knee joints etc, nail changes may occur. This condition | | | | medical conditions and injuries including such diverse |
| is common in men when their Psoriasis is pustular. If | | | | areas as fibromyalgia, arthritic, migraine headaches, |
| you already have Psoriasis and developed joint paint | | | | chronic pain, and sports injuries. |
| or swelling in any part of your body, please ensure | | | | The Yoga poses can be tailored specially for |
| your physician is made aware. | | | | specific joints or combination of joints. For instance a |
| Arthritis is a joint disease that can cause problems in | | | | common area for arthritis to strike is the hands and |
| any area of the body where two or more bones | | | | knuckles and in this instance there would be a series |
| intersect. The arthritis itself can affect the join in a | | | | of poses that straighten and lengthen the fingers, |
| number of different ways, targeting different areas | | | | although the level of comfort in the arthritis sufferer |
| such as the synovial, the muscles or tendons or the | | | | always dictates the extent of this. Stretching the |
| cartilage. Cartilage is the soft protective material that | | | | hands also feed energy to that area of the body and |
| protects the ends of the joints from rubbing against | | | | over time will assist the arthritis in the fingers. The |
| each other and the entire join is encased in a type of | | | | heat generated by these movements is proven to be |
| capsule that is lined with the tissue synovial. Some | | | | very beneficial for sufferers of arthritis. |
| people take medication, but others have found relief | | | | Yoga is another natural way to take care of your |
| from the pain in exercises performed at a gentle pace | | | | Psoriasis. It has been proven to work wonders, just |
| and intensity. Yoga is the perfect example of this | | | | find what you are comfortable with and stick with the |
| type of exercise. | | | | plan. |
| Yoga is a very old art originating in India about 4000 | | | | |