...Every year, about 11 million Americans complain to doctors about knee pain. Roughly 21 million American people have osteoarthritis of the knee (a degenerative disease in which the cartilage gradually decays and fails to provide the shock absorbing padding that cushions the bones). Orthopedic surgeons performed more than 1.2 million such surgeries in 1996 alone.

Many older people suffer from this painful arthritic condition, however this knee pain is not only restricted to older people but healthy young people are also getting effected by it, for example dancers, athlete for various reason.

Reason for knee injuries/ pain

Lets see what are the reason that people get knee pain. Most common risk factor for knee pain are old age, obesity, knee injuries because of hyperextension , misalignment of knee, inappropriate way of doing exercise, tight muscles or because of combination of above factors etc.

Hyperextension at the knee joint occur when the joints are overly flexible. In this case legs extend too far and move past the point of being straight. Some people may be born with this condition however most people develop it by habitually locking their knee.

Knee injuries can also occur because the way we stand and walk. For example when we stand straight we need to be aware that whether our body weight is distributed properly on both feet or not. It is not very uncommon to observe that one ...more

Hatha yoga A Crowd Favorite

...Increasingly, you may hear about your companions enrolling in Hatha classes at the local gym. In terms of pure popularity, Hatha yoga is number one in the yoga world. As a result, the poses are known well by both beginners and experts.

Hatha yoga poses are called Asanas. The Asanas are used in combination with meditation and the breathing techniques known as Pranayama. Together they work the body to improve strength and flexibility as well as overall health, which is one of the reasons it is so popular. Hatha is a hybrid of the Sanskrit words ha which means sun and the word tha which means the moon. Together, they refer to the way that Hathas yoga poses often bring together opposites currents in the system.

Of the eight limbs of yoga, Hatha focuses mostly on the third, which is Asana, and the fourth, which is Pranayama...more

How yoga Reduces An Individual's Stress

...ponse can improve your overall health and the effects are lasting.

If you're going to treat yoga seriously, you will find more interesting subjects about it and how it reduces stress. yoga exercises tend to slow down a person's brain waves, thereby reducing stress. By appropriately practicing complicated and vigorous yoga exercises, the activities of your driving brain-waves will be reduced. These brain waves have a significant relation to ...more

Benefits of yoga

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yoga increases the lubrication of joints, ligament and tendons; yoga positions exercise the different tendons and ligaments of the body other exercise doesn't reach.

It has also been found that yoga can bring supplety to a previously rigid body after only a few lessons.

Benefit 3:

yoga also massages all organs of the body; Yoga exercises the internal organs other exercise doesn't reach.

Benefit 4:

Yoga acts in a wholesome manner on the various body parts. This stimulation and massage of the organs in turn benefits us by keeping away disease and providing a forewarning at the first possible instance of a likely onset of disease or disorder.

One of the far-reaching benefits of yoga is the uncanny sense of awareness that it develo...more

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