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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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Marino Institute of Education, Griffith Ave., 63 Griffith Avenue, Dublin, County Dublin, D09 X0H7, Ireland
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