Strength training combined with weight-bearing aerobic exercises helps counteract the effect of asthma medications. Exercising with asthma can be a big challenge for asthma sufferers. Two things happen inside the lungs of women suffering with Asthma constriction, the tightening of the muscles surrounding the airways, and inflammation, the … [Read more...]
Yoga is in a position to relieve asthma
Anxiety and emotional stress can trigger an asthma attack and make it harder to breathe once an attack is under way. A study published in the February issue of the medical journal Thorax, showed that a relatively new form of meditation known as Sahaja Yoga, developed in 1970, appears to make asthma attacks less frequent as well as less severe if practiced regularly. "Saha" … [Read more...]
Obesity: a risk factor for Asthma
Obesity has been rapidly increasing in prevalence over the past two decades—in children as well as in adults. Although obesity is a recognized risk factor for type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, atherosclerosis, and some forms ofcancer, evidence suggests that obesity may also contribute to or even cause asthma. For one, asthma prevalence is increased in obese … [Read more...]
