new YORK (Reuters Health) – Although studies on the

effects of techniques of relaxation on symptoms of the

menopause gave contradictory results, a test of

Sweden is defined in favour of the approach as an alternative to the

therapy hormone.

a group of postmenopausal women trained for

relax before and during the onset of hot flashes could

halving the frequency of these symptoms during the

three months that lasted the test, compared with a group that not

received treatment alguno.

“the results say that approach would work,” he said

Kim Innes, of West Virginia University and that did not participate of the

study. “was a study on a medium-sized sample which gave a

promising, though not definitive, on the effectiveness outcome

of the technique used”.

in a review of more than one dozen previous studies

about meditation, yoga and Tai Chi, Innes had observed

that these techniques could alleviate the symptoms of menopause,

but that it was too early to confirm.

now, the team of Lotta Lindh-Hill, of the University

of Linköping, he analyzed the effects of a relaxation method

developed in Sweden in the 1980s from therapy

cognitive behavioral.

for that, brought together 60 healthy Swedish women: more than

half made the method of relaxation, while the rest

did not receive any treatment (control group). most of the

participants had more than 50, had ceased menstruating did

a year or more, but all felt hot flushes and sweating night.

33 women treated with relaxation learned to

< p> concentrate on breathing and to release muscular tension

before and during the hot flashes.

participants registered in the first week, the

sensations before and during hot flashes or other symptoms

menopausal. then encouraged to spend 15 minutes two

twice a day to tighten and relax your muscles from head to feet.

learned little by little, to reduce the time needed for

relax with control of breathing and without tension the

muscles.

at the end of the study, they were asked that they practiced the

relaxation 20 times per day, 30 seconds each time. in the

final exercise, women should be able to apply those

respiratory and relaxation during a blushing. skills

at the beginning of the study, all participants had about

10 hot flashes per day. for the three months, as published by Menopause,

< p> the group treated with relaxation suffered about four hot flashes by

day, versus eight choked the group control.

the team also found a slight improvement in the quality of

life, including sleep disorders and headaches, in the

women treated with relaxation.

for Innes and other researchers, the mechanism behind

mind-body therapies and its effects on symptoms

menopausal could be associated with the nervous system

sympathetic, that controls the “fight and flight” response and

basic functions such as heart rate, pressure and the

sweating.

therefore, the team noted that the results are not final

and needed more studies.

“the next step – said Innes – should be a study

randomized” with an active control group and between, for example,

relaxation techniques and exercise.

Lindh-Hill erinnert daran, dass nicht Entspannungstechniken sind

für alle Frauen, vor allem für Menschen mit Depressionen

schwere oder Angst. diese Frauen, paradoxerweise wäre

mehr straff.

Quelle: Wechseljahre, 12. November 2012.