Yoga for Osteoporosis with YTIs Elma Toland.

Co-Founder of YTI; and vastly experienced Yoga teacher, Yoga therapist and Yoga teacher trainer, Elma Toland will facilitate a day of anatomy informed Yoga for Osteoporosis.

The Value of Yoga in dealing with Osteoporosis:
Osteoporosis is a disease in which bones become fragile and more likely to break. If not prevented or if left untreated Osteoporosis can progress painlessly until a fracture occurs. It is a disease that occurs when the bone making osteoblast action decreases and the bone dissolving osteoclast action increases. It usually is a condition of ageing but other health factors can increase risk e.g certain medications, smoking, lack of exercise, chemotherapy to name a few.

The practice of yoga, used for purpose and modified to suit, has a role to play in maintaining and creating bone strength, helping to prevent Osteopororis or used when a diagnosis of Osteoporosis is given.

Students attending Yoga for Osteoporosis Workshop will:

• Understand the conditions ’ Osteopoenia and Osteoporosis’

• Understand some of the risk factors of Osteoporosis

• Understand how Osteoporosis is diagnosed

• Understand how Osteoporosis presents

• Understand how Osteoporosis is treated and managed medically

• Be introduced to the work of Dr Loren Fishman and his yoga trials

• Understand what has yoga to offer

• Learn the overall importance of alignment and good posture

• Learn how to build bone strength

• Learn how to build muscular strength in spinal column

• Learn how to build strong trunk and abdominal muscles too

• Learn how to preserve disc health

• Learn how yoga also builds ‘balance confidence ‘ in older age group of students and helps prevent falls.

• Learn how all of the above helps to prevent frailty fractures

• Learn how weight bearing poses that build strength in legs, hips, spine , arms and wrists can be safely introduced to students with osteoporosis

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