TORONTO, July 27 (UPI) -- Practicing yoga reduces the physical and psychological symptoms of pain from fibromyalgia, researchers in Canada say.

THURSDAY, Oct. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Yoga that includes gentle stretches and meditation may help alleviate the symptoms of fibromyalgia, a small study finds.

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Practicing mind-body yoga exercises, including stretches and meditation, may help women to manage symptoms of fibromyalgia, a chronic pain syndrome.

Two percent of the United States population suffers from a chronic condition known as fibromyalgia. It occurs more often in women than men and the risk of developing it increases with age. Widespread pain, fatigue, abnormal pain processing, and multiple tender points on the body in which slight pressure causes pain, characterize fibromyalgia.