Can yoga poses help your menstrual back pain? You bet, especially when your back muscles are firing faster than the rounds of a shot gun! The yoga poses give your body the chance to relax your muscles, something that many peope can’t seem to do voluntarily on their own.
The fact is that women in India and other countries that practice yoga have been using yoga for PMS back pain for decades if not millenia. It doesn’t matter if the pain is from lower back pain, mid back pain, or upper back pain near the neck. Some of the yoga poses will relax multiple areas of the body simultaneously. They’re already tested for menstruation relief of back pain.
Here are 5 poses you can do to stop your back pain today:
1 Cat Pose
Ever watch a cat in the morning when it’s scared? It will arch its back and get an ugly face that goes along with a nasty hiss. Well you don’t have to go as far as the ugly face and the hiss but if you get on all fours with hands and knees, put your head down and arch your back, you’ll start to feel relief pretty quickly. Then release the arch in your spine and repeat several times. Feel the stretch in your neck as you’re doing this pose, as it could even take care of a PMS headache.
2 Forward Bending from Seated Position
Sit on the floor or mat with your legs outstretched. Then reach forward to hold the sides of your feet. This will stretch out your lower back, which is the most painful part of the spine for women during their period. Hold for a count of 10. Then let go.
3. Child’s Pose
Kneel on the floor or yoga mat and bend forward, collapsing your upper torso so it’s lying on top of your knees and quadriceps. Tuck your head in and leave your arms over your head on the mat. Hold for 10. Then repeat a few times. This one may be good for dull pain in the back.
4. Legs Against the Wall
This one is by far the easiest one to do. Lie on the floor as close to the wall as possible, making a 90 degree angle with the wall with your body. Your legs will line the wall and you’ll be seeing your pretty toes from the floor. Relax your arms at your side. Then point your toes, release them and repeat. Pointing your toes will stretch your back muscles.
5. Knee to Chest
Next move away from the wall but stay lying on the floor. Simply grab your knees with your hands and pull towards your chest. Hold for 10 seconds. Repeat. You’ll get relief for even middle back pain during your period with this pose.
Make the yoga poses a fun thing to do, not a drudgery. Before you start your yoga session, take your period vitamin. The extra calcium and magnesium in it are exactly what your body needs to calm down any muscles that are tense and contracting. Calcium and magnesium are essential for the process of muscle contraction and relaxation. Without enough of them, your muscles can get ‘stuck’ in contraction and forget or be unable to relax. This then results in a headache or other muscle issues.
A period vitamin also contains B vitamins that can put your mind at ease. Healthy amounts of B vitamins offer you calmness in the midst of chaos all around you. You have much to gain from taking a period vitamin!
