As long as it is in line with the personal physical condition, combined with the principles of reducing time, losing weight and gentleness, women can exercise during the physiological period. Moreover, moderate exercise can promote blood circulation and metabolism, so it can also help shorten menstrual period, speed up menstrual discharge, from the original seven or eight days to four or five days, and relieve symptoms such as abdominal pain, backache and poor blood circulation.
Long-term exercise is the best secret to treat dysmenorrhea. Many women in China don't want to exercise at ordinary times, preferring to gain a little weight rather than exercise muscles, which is wrong. On the one hand, exercise can enhance physical fitness, on the other hand, it helps to discharge menstrual blood during menstruation. Of course, strenuous exercise during menstruation is not appropriate, and the increase of abdominal pressure can easily lead to menstrual blood reflux.
Therefore, women should pay attention to controlling the amount of exercise during menstruation. Menstrual exercise is not absolutely forbidden, but high-intensity and large-scale exercise (such as variable-speed long-distance running, weight-bearing jumping, sloping belly rolling, etc.). ) Try to avoid or reduce menarche, so as not to aggravate dysmenorrhea or increase bleeding, and at the same time avoid some infections and even inflammation caused by menstrual reflux. Including running, walking, swimming, etc. In fact, they are all sports suitable for women's physiological period. When exercising, you can choose to use tampons. Most people may worry that using tampons is easy to be infected by bacteria and afraid of cotton thread breaking, but in fact, as long as you keep your hands clean when placing tampons and change them in time, these worries are superfluous. On the contrary, using tampons in physical exercise can help you get rid of the shackles of sanitary napkins and stretch your muscles more conveniently. At the same time, if physical conditions permit, you can rest assured to participate in water sports such as swimming, hot springs and snorkeling.
So how should women exercise during menstruation? At the beginning of menstruation, many women will feel uncomfortable. Therefore, in the first three days of menstruation, we can decide the form of exercise according to our own situation, mainly gentle, soothing, relaxing and stretching exercises, such as meditation yoga, elementary gymnastics, or just doing some simple stretching exercises at home. These light exercises can help blood flow smoothly and relieve stress. During exercise, you must avoid putting pressure on the abdominal cavity and raising your legs too high. If you feel tired or find a sudden increase or decrease in blood loss, you need to stop exercising immediately. On the fifth day of menstruation, the body began to recover. At this time, you can start aerobic exercise such as walking and jogging. However, we should avoid some ball games and heavy-duty sports. Reminder: The above analysis is aimed at normal situations, and individual women with special circumstances are not included.
What are the precautions for menstrual exercise? Proper exercise during menstruation can regulate the body, but if it is improper, it will bring great harm to the body. Women should pay attention to the following points during menstrual exercise: 1. Reduce the amount of exercise: properly participate in some technical sports such as jogging, gymnastics, boxing, table tennis and shooting. 2. Shorten the exercise time and slow down to reduce the amount of exercise and relax the muscles. 3. Avoid strenuous and excessive exercise: it is not advisable to participate in high jump, long jump, 100-meter race, football and other sports during menstruation, nor do strength exercises such as push-ups and dumbbells to increase abdominal pressure, so as to avoid excessive menstrual bleeding, menstrual blood reflux and even change the position of the uterus. 4. It is not advisable to take a cold bath and wash your feet with cold water to avoid menstrual disorders. 5. Avoid fierce competition: participating in these sports during menstruation is easy to lead to endocrine disorders and menstrual disorders due to mental stress.