Gentle stretches, meditation which are part of yoga can cure pain that results out of Fibromyalgia. Fibromyalgia is a certain kind of disorder where the patient suffers from a widespread muscular and skeletal pain. It also results for the fatigue for the patient suffers. Fibromyalgia affects at least two million adults in Britain and eleven million in US. The study was published in the November print issue of Pain and it was published online on October 14.

There was a research carried on at Oregon Health and Science University to find out whether yoga alongside the regular treatment could prove to be beneficial for those who were suffering from Fibromyalgia. Twenty five women who were suffering from Fibromyalgia pain were supposed to be the target group of the research. They were enrolled in a two hour long yoga class which happened once a week for eight weeks.

The yoga session included 40 minutes of gentle stretching and poses, 25 minutes of meditation, 10 minutes of breathing techniques, a 20-minute lesson on applying yoga principals to daily life and coping with fibromyalgia and 25 minutes of group discussion.

Another group of twenty eight women suffering from the same problem were asked to carry on with their daily activities and were trained in any yoga class. After eight weeks, the group which practices yoga reported that they experienced lesser occurrences of pain, fatigue, anxiety and also experienced better sleep and mood swings were controlled too.

4.5% of the group of twenty five women who carried on the yoga experienced less pain and felt “very much better”  77 percent were "a little better" while 4.5 percent reported no change. In comparison, no one in the the control group reported that they were "very much better" or "much better," 19.2 percent reported being "a little better," and 38.5 percent reported "no change."

Lead study author James Carson, a clinical psychologist and pain specialist at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland said, “The women were somewhat apprehensive when we started, but once they got into the rhythm of it they found it to be very helpful." James further added, "They came back after the first week reporting less pain, better sleep and feeling encouraged for the first time in years. That type of change continued to build over the course of the program."