Judith practising yoga
Judith is a disciplined yoga student. Diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at an early age, Judith believes that yoga has improved her balance, increased her strength, made her muscles more flexible, and allowed her to feel more in control.
Judith also believes that yoga has helped reduce her fatigue. She is not alone. A randomized controlled study published in the journal Neurology found that MS patients who practiced Iyengar yoga for 6 months showed significant improvements in measures of fatigue compared to a waitlist control group. In fact, the yoga participants showed as much improvement as the MS patients who were assigned to 6 months of exercise using a stationary bicycle! Although more research is needed, this study suggests that yoga can be very beneficial in alleviating some of the symptoms of multiple sclerosis.
