Yogic practice like Angle Balance, Stick Posture, Supine Knee Squeeze, Pose of Tranquillity, Pose of a Child, The Cobra, Half Moon, Spinal Twist, Half, Sun Salutations, Humming Breath, are necessary to improve the digestion. Apanasana provides a gentle massage to the abdominal area thereby improves digestion. Regular yogic practice of abdominal breathing heals the ache of the IBS sufferers and one is advised to inhale and exhale extremely. Abdominal twists like Jathara Parivrtti (a revolved twist) of abdomen helps in bowel movement. Asanas like Uttanasana (Standing Forward Bend) or Parivrtta Trikonasana (Revolved Triangle Pose) are highly suggested.

Aerobic exercises are useful as it is warming and helps in building digestive force. Swimming, Skating, bicycling, dancing, skating, walking, rollerblading are also recommended. Agni Sara is an exercise in hatha yoga and if one practices daily will be blessed with a muscular digestive power, gives with energy and leads to a clarity in thought process.

If there is trouble in the flow of prana or life energy. (a downward flow (apana), a balancing movement around the navel (samana) it leads to IBS. Inverted postures assist in the apana releasing, deep relaxation in pranayama stabilizes the samana.

Meditation aids to go with the energy glows and reduces the stress related problems. Thus Yogic practice which includes physical postures (asanas), breathing exercises and meditation treats IBS by striking at its root reason.

Yoga with its workings as regular exercises, a balanced diet, raw foods, juices and sufficient sleep, is the most excellent cure for all cervical problems by relieving tension, managing pain and strengthening muscles. The following exercise will assist to fight CS:

Look straight ahead. Turn gently to the right to look over right shoulder. It is essential that the body remains straight while only the neck turns. Go back to starting position and turn left. You can join this with breathing sequence: inhale as you look ahead, exhaling always as you twist. Breathe in to return to base position. This simple exercise can be done every few hours.

The following poses will help to fight CS:

Salabhasana (Locust Pose) and Poona Salabhasana (Full Locust Pose) are outstanding for carpel tunnel, tennis elbow. Compresses and opens spine, strengthens lower, mid and upper spine, creates more elasticity in whole spine, increases tone of muscle fibres, accelerates circulation of spinovial fluid, holds vertebrae in position and relieves cervical spondylosis.

Chest openers are compulsory to boost the flexibility of the thoracic spines towards backward bends and asanas like Sethu Bandhasana, Adho Mukha Svanasana, and Chakrasana have significant spinal backward bending movements that our dull flexed spines need.

Complimentary postures like Ushtrasana and Yoga Mudra invigorates and revitalizes the whole body and are great relaxations for persons suffering from CS. The benefit of the yogic practices are that they give a full body workout by undoing the knots that block the transport of blood, nutrients and energy throughout the body thereby strengthening the support systems around a joint, like the muscles, tendons and develop bone thickness.