54 Health Conditions Benefited by Yoga

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54 Health Conditions Benefited by Yoga (With References)
Compiled by Timothy McCall, MD (Updated January 2011)

• Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse
• Anxiety
• Asthma
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity

Disorder (ADHD)
• Autism
• Back Pain
• Balance Problems
• Cancer
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary
Disease (e.g. Emphysema)
• Congestive Heart Failure
• Depression
• Diabetes
• Drug Withdrawal
• Eating Disorders
• Epilepsy
• Fibromyalgia
• Heart Disease
• Hemorrhoids
• High Blood Pressure
• HIV/AIDS
• Infertility
• Insomnia
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome
• Kidney Failure
• Mental Developmental Impairment
• Menopausal (and Perimenopausal)
Symptoms
• Migraine and Tension Headaches
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Neck Pain
• Neuroses (e.g. Phobias)
• Obesity
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
(OCD)
• Osteoporosis
• Osteoarthritis (Degenerative
Arthritis)
• Pain (Chronic)
• Pleural Effusion (Fluid Collection
in the Lining of the Lung)
• Post Heart Attack Rehabilitation
• Post-Polio Syndrome
• Post-Operative Recovery
• Post-Stroke Rehabilitation
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
(PTSD)
• Pregnancy (both normal and
complicated)
• Psoriasis
• Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Rhinitis (Inflammation of the Nose)
• Schizophrenia
• Scoliosis (Curvature of the Spine)
• Sexual Function
• Sinusitis
• Tuberculosis
• Urinary Stress Incontinence

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