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Osteoporosis affects your bones, making it brittle, and is fairly common among women. But you can delay its onset with these 5 yoga asanas.
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Trikonasana: This ansana is a great way to help improve flexibility and strengthen your core. Apart from that, it also helps tone the muscles of your back and legs, helping you improve your balance and less prone to falls.
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Setubandhasana or Bridge pose: Osteoporosis affects your hips the most, and this pose helps strengthen the muscles around the area.
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Downward dog: This pose helps stretch out the muscles in your back, abdomen and glutes. It also helps tone these very muscles and is known to help reduce the pain associated with osteoporosis.
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Ardha matsyendrasana or sitting half spinal twist: This twist helps flex and loosen the muscles around your spine. it also aids in strengthening the hips, spine and to some extent, the muscles of your glutes.
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Veerbhadrasana 1 or Warrior pose: This asana stimulates the working of your adrenal glands that in turn stimulate the release of hormones that help build muscle and increase bone density. Apart from that, it also stretches and strengthens the muscles in your back, thighs and glutes.
