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Relaxing as a Gout Treatment

"Mens sana in corpore sano".

Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis.

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Only a healthy mind can lead to a healthy body,

and only a healthy body can produce or sustain a healthy mind.

Woman performing yoga, the lotus position

Meditation

Cahn et al. showed that Meditation and yoga; causes an;

  • anti-inflammatory cytokine Interleukin-10 increase

  • pro-inflammatory cytokine Interleukin-12 decrease

 

This effect will help in restoring the defect ratio of pro and anti-inflammatory cytokines in a Gout Patient.

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Meditation and Yoga are a Treatment helping preventing Gout Attacks.

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Meditation
A gout patient performing yoga next to the swimming pool.

Yoga Gout Treatment

Yoga is a form of exercising, 

combining breathing, movement, and meditation.

A strong focus on breathing can really pay off when it comes to your health.

For Gout Patients: Keep it simple and easy.

Before taking classes, check the yoga style they teach, you need simple and slow exercises.

No power-yoga.

With the availability of streaming video, you can access online, free,  yoga classes.

This is an excellent option to start with Yoga.

 

Yoga tackles:

  • Stress

  • Inflammation.

  • Pain (Chronic)

and improves your overall health.

Yoga
A group of gout patients performing Tai Chi on the beach at sunset.

 Tai Chi | Qigong | Gout Treatment

Tai chi and Qigong have the benefit they are  double-duty therapy,

relieving stress while providing moderate, gentle exercise.

They are similar, Chinese "energy" arts, mind-body practices.

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Tai chi is soft Chinese martial art / Meditation, practiced for its health and wellness benefits.

It is believed to balance Yin and Yang, balancing the whole body.

It can be practiced by almost anyone, also during a gout attack.

The series of slow, gentle motions are performed while standing and taking small steps, though it can be modified for seated gout patients as well.

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Qigong is soft Chinese Exercise / Meditation, concentrating on your body energy and focussing on certain movements,

balancing certain parts of the body, these movements are repeated a number of times.

QiGong
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