¿Pueden los ejercicios mentales y corporales ayudar con la GEFS? Vea lo que dicen las investigaciones
What is MBI?
Mind-body interventions (MBI) are a range of health and fitness techniques that can increase connections between the mind, body, and behaviors. You might be familiar with yoga, meditation, or relaxation therapy. These are a few examples of mind-body interventions – there are many more.
Las intervenciones mente-cuerpo pueden utilizarse como parte de un enfoque complementario para ayudar con muchas enfermedades diferentes, incluyendo la Glomeruloesclerosis Segmentaria Focal (GFS). Puede utilizarse junto con los tratamientos tradicionales para:
aliviar el dolor
reducir la fatiga y favorecer el sueño
aumentar la movilidad y el funcionamiento físico
mejorar el estado de ánimo y la calidad de vida
Lo que hace que la intervención mente-cuerpo sea un gran complemento de un plan de tratamiento general es que puede aportar graves beneficios para la salud sin mucho riesgo ni coste, y permite al paciente desempeñar un papel activo en su atención.
¿Cómo puede ayudar el MBI con los síntomas de la GEFS?
Some clinical studies have demonstrated that MBI interventions can help with symptoms of chronic kidney disease. For example:
Yoga was shown to significantly lower blood pressure and improve physical, social, and mental health related quality of life measures. It also helped with pain and sleep disturbances (1);
Tai chi is a gentle physical exercise and stretching combined with mindfulness. It was shown to improve physical functioning and quality of life measures for people undergoing dialysis (2);
Music therapy is a clinical use of music (listening, singing, playing instruments, or composing) to support individualized health goals. You don’t need to have any musical skills to participate. In clinical studies with patients with chronic kidney disease, music therapy reduced anxiety and pain symptoms (3);
Relaxation therapies can use different techniques, but each is meant to bring about the body’s relaxation response, which can help you slow breathing, lower blood pressure, and reduce the heart rate. In studies with people with chronic kidney disease, relaxation therapies, such as progressive relaxation therapy and guided visual imagery, helped reduce feelings of anxiety and fatigue (4);
Spiritual therapy uses listening to religious recitations or spiritual prayer to help with quality of life. Studies with people with chronic kidney disease demonstrated that spiritual therapy helped reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms (5);
Exercise therapy uses Pilates and aerobic exercises to reduce anxiety symptoms (6).
Siguiente paso: hable con su médico sobre el MBI
Si tiene síntomas de GEFS como dolor, fatiga, trastornos del sueño, ansiedad o bajo estado de ánimo, hable con su médico. Dado que hay una serie de enfoques de MBI que pueden ayudar con diferentes síntomas, es posible que pueda incorporar un enfoque que le guste y que le ayude con un síntoma de la GEFS.
References:
(1) Chu SW, Cheng, TY, et al. The role of mind-body interventions in pre-dialysis chronic kidney disease and dialysis patients – A systematic review of literature. Complementary Therapies in Medicine 57 (2021). P 2 / col 1 / para 3, P 20 / col 2 / para 1.
(2) Chu SW, Cheng, TY, et al. The role of mind-body interventions in pre-dialysis chronic kidney disease and dialysis patients – A systematic review of literature. Complementary Therapies in Medicine 57 (2021). P 2 / col 1 / para 4.
(3) Chu SW, Cheng, TY, et al. The role of mind-body interventions in pre-dialysis chronic kidney disease and dialysis patients – A systematic review of literature. Complementary Therapies in Medicine 57 (2021). P 2 / col 2.
(4) Chu SW, Cheng, TY, et al. The role of mind-body interventions in pre-dialysis chronic kidney disease and dialysis patients – A systematic review of literature. Complementary Therapies in Medicine 57 (2021). P 2 / col 2.
(5) Chu SW, Cheng, TY, et al. The role of mind-body interventions in pre-dialysis chronic kidney disease and dialysis patients – A systematic review of literature. Complementary Therapies in Medicine 57 (2021). P 2 / col 2.
(6) Chu SW, Cheng, TY, et al. The role of mind-body interventions in pre-dialysis chronic kidney disease and dialysis patients – A systematic review of literature. Complementary Therapies in Medicine 57 (2021). P 20 / col 2 / para 1.
