Many girls have this question: Is the “special period” (menstrual period) suitable for sports? If you can exercise, what kind of exercise should you choose? If you have the same question, don’t miss the next article.
We will carefully analyze the gains and losses of menstrual movement, and select the most appropriate movement for you to read carefully.
Is menstrual period suitable for exercise? Before answering this question, the author first wants to make a specific analysis of the specific problem.
Everyone has different physiques, so their physical adaptability is different.
Most girls’ menstrual periods are often accompanied by anxiety, irritability, waist and abdominal pain, and some even have more severe conditions (such as nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, etc.).
Therefore, if you are a sensitive person during your menstrual period, you should not consider sports.
Because the risk is too high, it will often outweigh the loss.
If you feel that your menstrual period has spare power, then proper physical exercise will be beneficial to your body and mind, reduce menstrual cramps, speed up your metabolism, and discharge blood stasis, toxins, waste, etc, Women who want to improve their physique can consider practicing.
What kind of exercise should I choose during menstruation? We have answered some of the questions just now.
During menstruation, we must absolutely avoid strenuous sports, such as running, swimming, pedaling, climbing, etc., which are not suitable.
Otherwise, it may lead to serious consequences, such as dysmenorrhea, bleeding, and even serious inflammation of the uterine membrane and rupture of the corpus luteum.
Therefore, we must be careful, careful, and more careful when choosing sports.
You can choose some yoga meditation postures or static yoga movements for practice.
With hot drinks and rest, you can have a better exercise effect.
Here are some specific yoga movements for you to choose from.
Action 1: Lotus Cross Sitting Meditation (Rest Bundle): Put your fingers across under your belly button, inhale and lift your head, extend your spine, draw your shoulders in, close your eyes slightly, and breathe for 2 minutes to keep your breath even.
When exhaling, the chest is downward, and the shoulders are close to each other.
Drive the shoulders downward to find the floor close.
Relax your lips, teeth, and tongue.
Slightly lift the corners of the mouth to find the ears.
When inhaling, the whole head is slightly pushed back and pulled upward.
Keep the extension of the spine.
When exhaling, push the belly button backward to look for the back, and pull both sides of the waist inward to look for the spine.
Turn the tailbone inward, keep the back flat and upward, breathe in slowly, open your eyes, and release your hands.
Action 2: Half spine twisting (stretching): bend the right knee, place the right foot on the outside of the left thigh, hold the knee joint with the left hand, exhale and twist backward, stay here for three groups of breathing, keep the spine twisting in the extended state, extend the spine upward when inhaling, hold the left hand on the right knee, and place the right hand on the back of the hip.
When inhaling, extend the spine upward, feel the extension of the spine, slowly inhale, lift the chest up, inhale back to the right, exhale, put the outside of the right elbow against the inside of the knee joint, put the left hand on the back of the hip, close twist, extend the spine upward, and better lift the right side waist.
The exhalation continues to twist, and the right hand pushes the inside of the knee to create more space for backward twisting.
The chin is slightly closed, the chin is aligned with the shoulder, the left shoulder looks for the right shoulder to approach, the left chest pushes away, and the right chest looks for the left chest.
Keep the lower soles of the feet hooked, keep the spine upright and vertical throughout the twisting process, inhale slowly, increase the twisting range when exhaling, inhale slowly and straighten, release your hands, and straighten your legs…
