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Ask Ruth - Subjects covered in 2006

Issue

Subject

January

How muscles work.

February

N/a

March

Plantar fascilitis: what it is (inflammation in foot) and yoga exercises to help.

April

Diabetes: what it is and the implications for yoga students.

May

Strokes: causes and how yoga can help rehabilitation.

June

Vertigo: causes and types and adapting Yoga practice for sufferers of the problem.

July

Breathing and the sympathetic/parasympathetic nervous systems (Autonomic Nervous System - ANS).

August

 1. Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) - treatment, adjusting Yoga teaching practice until the condition eases. 2. Autonomic Nervous System - follow on from previous month’s column.

September

Marfan Syndrome, the risks involved in practising certain asanas, and yoga student guidance. For more information about Marfan Syndrome see www.marfan.org

October

‘Sluggish liver’, discusses liver function and the identification of possible problems.

November

1. Yawning. 2. Myeloma (abnormal proliferation of plasma cells).

December

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and how yoga practice might be able to help.


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