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.