According to recent study, yoga and aquatic exercise can alleviate some of the symptoms associated with multiple sclerosis (MS). Researchers from the Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences in Iran, the Psychiatric University Clinics (UPK Basel, Center for Affective, Stress and Sleep Disorders) and the University of Basel’s Department of Sport, Exercise and Health took part in the study.
Researchers say MS symptoms, such as movement disorders, fatigue and depression, significantly improved after an eight-week program of yoga and aquatic exercise. In the non-exercising group, the likelihood of depression was 35-fold higher than in the groups who had done yoga or aquatic exercise.
All 54 women participating in the trial continued taking their existing medication to regulate the immune system.
The researchers believe exercise should be considered as possible complements to standard MS treatments.
