A Research Paper on “Effect of Yogic Package on Rheumatoid Arthritis”

This study was aimed at studying the effect of yoga package (YP) with some selected asanas, Pranayama, Cleansing Practices, and Meditation on pain intensity, Inflammation, Stiffness, Pulse Rate(PR), Blood Pressure(BP), Lymphocyte Count( LC), Creactive protein(CRP), and Uric Acid(UA) level among subjects of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). Two Randomized Group Design was employed for pre and post observation that related to Experimental Group (EG) and Control Group (CG). Pain intensity, number of inflamed joints, time of morning stiffness, PR, B, LC, CRP and UA level were quantified by Simple Descriptive Pain Intesity Scale (SDPIS), counting, interview, palpating radial artery, Sphgmomanometer, Monocular and Binocular microscope, RA -50 chemistry analyzer respectively. After hypotheses testing, result met revealed significant positive association between pain intensity and YP (X=34.64 > X0.005, 78). Similarly, a statistically significant reduction in mean time of stiffness (t= 10.12 > t0.005, 78), PR (t = 4.39 > t0.005, 78) and UA (t= 2.41 > t0.005, 78) towards normalcy was met whereas statistically insignificant reduction was met for number of inflamed joints (t= 1.55 < t0.1, 78) and CRP (t= 0.197 < t0.1, 78). Thus, it was concluded that YP is a significant means to reduce intensity of RA as a complementary therapy .Most probably, a sufficient means for complete cure of RA if practiced for ever with other yogic disciplines.