Effect of Yoga on Primary Dysmenorrhoea among Adolescent Girls – A Literature Review

Mamta Sangada,Ruby Singh,Sandhyakumari R Rajbhar

doi:10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i47b33107

Abstract

Menstrual pain affects most of today female adolescents and this is a leading cause of school absenteeism/ college absenteeism. The researcher reviewed the various literatures to evaluate the effect of yoga on primary dysmenorrhoea and about prevalence through various sources such as Printed material, conference papers, Books as well as electronic sources which are Pubmed, CINHAL, Google Scholar, MEDLINE, Science Direct and etc. Primary dysmenorrhoea is menstruation cramps which is common, recurrent and without any pathological condition. In India 50 to 87.8% adolescents had complaints of primary dysmenorrhoea, while equalling occurrence of primary dysmenorrhea from other countries, Ethiopia reported 70%, Malaysia 6.8% and Jordan reported 55.8%. There are many factors which make pain worse include heavier, irregular or longer, menstrual cycle; lack of exercise; mental or social stress; drinking alcohol; smoking; being overweight and other factors. Most of studies show that yogic practices like different yogasana such as Bhujanagasana, Matsyasana, Vajrasana, Dhanurasana, Apanasana and Shavasana, relaxation techniques, pranayama’s and meditation have proven very beneficial in the treatment of primary Dysmenorrhoea. After reviewing literatures its concluded that yoga is effective to decrease menstrual pain and it will also increase productivity in daily living activity by enhance self-confidence level.

Highlights

Primary dysmenorrhoea is common menstruation cramps that are recurrent and are not due to any pathological condition
Menstruation cramps and pain usually become less as a woman ages advance and may be chances of cessation entirely if the woman has a baby [2]
The data was collected by interview and Result: the study found that majority of girls suffering from dysmenorrhoea taking medicine as management strategies

Summary

Introduction

Primary dysmenorrhoea is common menstruation cramps that are recurrent and are not due to any pathological condition. Menstruation cramps and pain usually become less as a woman ages advance and may be chances of cessation entirely if the woman has a baby [2]. Some studies reported that pain during the menstruation affects up to 90% of women of childbearing age at various point of life. 5-20% adolescents reported that dysmenorrhoea or pain make them to not fully participating in their usual activities [1]. Menstrual pain is one of the common problems faced by utmost adolescent. National Institutes of Health considered yoga as Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM). Practice of yoga is more in india and it is part of main-stream medicine not an alternative healing system. In addition to all above benefit yogic practices have proven it is very beneficial in the treating dysmenorrhoea [3]

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