Jennifer Bockhorst leaves work a bit early most Wednesdays to drive from Abingdon, Va., to attend a yoga class in Kingsport. After suffering from migraine and tension headaches for years, Bockhorst decided to try yoga for the treatment and prevention of these headaches.
'I bought my first yoga video in 1997 and for about 10 years did yoga off and on with different videos. And though this did help my headaches, you never push yourself as hard with a video as you do in a class,' Bockhorst said.
She has since been regularly attending yoga classes at The Red Clover Wellness Spa and Yoga Studio in Kingsport and says the improvement in her headaches has 'been really dramatic.'
'I still get migraines, but not nearly as often and they don't last as long,' Bockhorst said.
At least two local physicians won't dispute what Bockhorst's yoga experience has brought her.
Dr. Reid Blackwelder is not only a physician at East Tennessee State University Family Physicians of Kingsport, he also practices yoga and teaches Bockhorst's yoga class at The Red Clover and says he recommends it to his patients 'all the time.'
By Marcie Gore
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