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By Faye Martins PTSD is reaching epidemic levels aound the world. No matter what answers western medicine provides, the number of PTSD sufferers continues to rise. Conventional medicine's answers to this problem serve to lessen the symptoms without providing a cure. The most effective form of PTSD treatment offered by conventional medicine seems to be the combination of therapy and prescribed medicine. PTSD victims treated with these measures report limited success. The problem with this treatment regime is that any deviation from treatment usually causes an immediate loss of progress; possibly even a worsened condition.

Scientific studies from leading universities have recently shown that the ancient art of yoga may help people cope with PTSD.

Stress is of many types. The common type is due to a load of work or any other pressure conditions. It can eliminate by proper treatment within a week or two. But the stress in which the condition is becoming worst day by day then this type is named as PTSD.

By Rachel Holmes As anyone with experience practicing yoga can attest, the discipline does a lot to calm stress and anxiety, boost mood levels, reduce the symptoms of mild or seasonal depression, and possibly even aid the treatment of PTSD. But you don't have to take our word for it: a Harvard mental health study, published in 2009, supports all of these positive effects and more, highlighting the benefits of yoga for those suffering from anxiety and depression, the latter of which can be a major source of mood swings.

By Rachel Holmes As anyone with experience practicing yoga can attest, the discipline does a lot to calm stress and anxiety, boost mood levels, reduce the symptoms of mild or seasonal depression, and possibly even aid the treatment of PTSD. But you don't have to take our word for it: a Harvard mental health study, published in 2009, supports all of these positive effects and more, highlighting the benefits of yoga for those suffering from anxiety and depression, the latter of which can be a major source of mood swings.