Can I practice yoga if I have a bad back?

With the improvement of technology and living standards, many people like to practice yoga to exercise their bodies. Yoga can not only strengthen the body but also effectively maintain a good figure. Therefore, yoga exercise is one of the first choices for many people. But some people have bad waists. Can they practice yoga to relieve the pain? Can people with bad waists practice yoga? There are many postures and movements in yoga that are quite difficult. Let’s find out if you can practice yoga if you have back problems.

Strengthening the abdominal core strength and the waist and back strength can increase the stability of the lumbar spine and protect the lumbar spine well. But not all postures are suitable for everyone. There are many yoga poses, such as forward bending, which can aggravate the symptoms of lumbar disease.

If you have a problem with your lumbar spine, if it is in the acute stage, please try to rest in bed, do not put any pressure on the lumbar spine, and avoid all kinds of exercise. If it is in the chronic stage, you can do targeted training for the waist, back and abdominal muscles. If you have lumbar disease and want to practice yoga, it is recommended that you choose slow movements with small amplitude, mainly to protect the lumbar spine.

Things to note when practicing yoga for lumbar disease

1. People with lumbar kyphosis should try not to practice yoga.

2. If you feel pain or sharp pain, feel exhausted or your body is shaking while practicing a posture, you must stop the posture immediately and rest.

3. If you feel numbness in your hands or feet, stop exercising immediately and consult a doctor.

4. Don’t compare yourself with others. Practicing yoga poses for the purpose of performance, showing off or comparing with others can easily cause excessive stretching and twisting, increasing the chance of injury.

5. In order to follow the blood flow during menstruation, you should avoid postures that make the pelvis higher than the heart, squeeze or strongly stretch the abdomen, etc., which make you feel uncomfortable.

6. If you feel dizzy, nauseous or have other unnatural symptoms after doing yoga poses, yoga breathing exercises or any other exercises, please be sure to see a doctor to find out the cause and consult your doctor whether you are suitable for the above exercises and how to practice them.

7. For people who sit for long periods of time, athletes (especially those who have engaged in contact sports), and those who have engaged in more intense sports (such as those who have practiced Pilates and other intense stretching), before starting to practice yoga poses, it is best to consider asking a doctor to do some examinations for you, including MRI and other tests, to help you identify old injuries and weak parts of the body, so as to ensure that you will not get injured when practicing certain yoga poses.

8. Relatively mild yoga exercises can help relieve back pain, but if you have an unhealthy spine or poor flexibility, it is best not to practice.

9. If the practitioner already has underlying diseases such as hypertension, cerebral infarction, cardiovascular disease, etc., some yoga movements such as handstand and backbend may become the cause of the disease.

The above is about whether you can practice yoga if you have a bad waist. When the waist pain is acute, you must sleep on a hard bed to rest in bed to reduce the strain between the lumbar vertebrae, maintain a good mood, and do some traction appropriately. If you have a bad waist, you can practice some simple and soothing yoga movements to protect your waist. The most important thing is to rest more, have a reasonable nutritional balance, eat more vegetables and fruits, and avoid spicy and irritating foods. I wish you good health.