Yoga and Exercise

Pain, frailty, fatigue, weight loss, and reduced physical function are common among cancer patients with advanced and incurable disease and negatively impact their quality of life. Symptom control and maintaining or improving functions are therefore central goals for the treatment of patients with exercises. Exercise is safe and provides benefit in quality of life and in muscular and aerobic fitness for people with cancer both during and after treatment.

Yoga interventions were shown to be beneficial and yielded positive results without any adverse outcomes. Yoga is valuable in helping to achieve relaxation and diminish stress, helps cancer patients perform daily and routine activities, and increases the quality of life in cancer patients.