LUDHIANA: Not only Swami Ramdev, now the hospitals are also advocating breathing exercises (pranayam) for heart patients. Patients, even when they are on artificial life support, are doing pranayam for early recovery after surgery.
Nirmal Singh, a yoga teacher of Patanjli Yog Peeth, said he had helped more than 800 patients recover from heart disease by ‘Anulom Vilom’ and ‘Bhastrika pranayam’.
Saying that he prepared patients before surgery for the yoga, he added that once they developed the mindset, they recovered sooner with yoga.
Pranayam, like ‘Anulom Vilom’ for 30 minutes daily, helped clear the heart blockages and if done for 90 days, 90% of the heart blockages could be removed. Patients had to do this under the guidance of the yoga instructor and teacher.
Dr Harinder Singh Bedi, head of cardio vascular and thoracic surgery department at Christian Medical College and Hospital, had recently successfully completed the surgical treatment of 1,000 cases of children with heart disease.
Exercise helped patients to recover soon as they were able to inhale more oxygen, he added.
