Archive · 28 May 2025
Yoga Improves Heart Health in Heart Failure Patients
Yoga can help people with heart failure!
A recent study found that doing yoga along with taking medicine made people's hearts stronger and helped them be more active.
Heart failure happens when the heart can't pump blood well, making people tired and breathless.
The study involved people who had heart procedures and were already taking heart medicine.
They practiced breathing, meditation, and relaxation techniques.
After doing yoga, these people felt better, could do more, and had stronger hearts compared to those who only took medicine.
Doctors recommend talking to your doctor before starting yoga and getting training from an experienced instructor.
Yoga, including breathing and relaxation, can improve heart failure symptoms.
Study presented at Heart Failure 2024, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).
Patients in the yoga group showed stronger hearts and greater activity.
The study included 85 heart failure patients.
Participants were already on standard heart failure medications.
- Who
- Heart failure patients aged 30-70 who had heart procedures.
- What
- Yoga improves heart function in heart failure patients when combined with medication.
- When
- Study results presented at Heart Failure 2024.
- Where
- Kasturba Hospital in Manipal, India.
- Why
- To improve heart health and activity levels in heart failure patients.
- Conference
- Heart Failure 2024
- Yoga Focus
- Breathing, Meditation, Relaxation
- Study Participants
- 85
- Age Range of Participants
- 30-70
- Study Location
- India
- Prior Heart Procedure
- 6-12 months prior