Can patients with cervical spondylosis practice yoga?

There are many taboos in doing yoga. Yoga is a kind of exercise and a very easy training method. Some people think that yoga practice is very easy, but many people think that the yoga exercise process is quite hard. There are many taboos when doing exercise for cervical spondylosis. Many people cannot do yoga. There are many patients with cervical spondylosis. Due to long-term neck pain, they are worried every time they do exercise. So can patients with cervical spondylosis practice yoga?

You can practice yoga for cervical spondylosis.

Generally speaking, each yoga movement is gradual, and everyone's flexibility and physique are different, but most movements require maximum stretching to achieve maximum relief. However, if the patient has cervical spondylosis, the neck is rarely moved, and the cervical spine is not healthy. Suddenly practicing frequently will definitely cause pain. Continuing to practice incorrectly or over-practice is more likely to aggravate the condition. Therefore, some patients with cervical spondylosis are not suitable for practicing yoga. Of course, this cannot be generalized. There are also simple and easy-to-master movements in yoga, which are also helpful for the relief of cervical spondylosis. It can promote blood circulation in the neck and relieve tension in the neck muscles to a certain extent. In short, people with cervical spondylosis are best to practice yoga under the guidance of a professional doctor and must not exercise blindly.

In real life, cervical spondylosis is a difficult disease to treat. Many people are often troubled by it and suffer terribly. Especially for some yoga practitioners, the original intention of practicing yoga is to improve health, but often due to some incorrect practices, the results are contrary to their original intention. The vast majority of cervical spine diseases are caused by imbalance. This is also the main reason why cervical spondylosis is becoming more and more common and affecting younger people. Generally speaking, headstand and shoulderstand are the two yoga poses that are most likely to cause cervical spine injuries.

When it comes to friends who have just started practicing yoga, I am often asked the same question: When can I do headstand? I can often sense the eagerness to try from the students' expressions. Hanging Headstand is indeed a very challenging yoga pose. Among yoga poses, there are two poses that have been artificially given a very special status, one is headstand and the other is shoulderstand. Headstand is called the "king of yoga poses", while shoulder stand is called the "queen of yoga poses". One is the king and the other is the queen. The exercises of these two inversion poses are indeed helpful for the training of body functions, especially the impact on the circulatory system, immune system, and nervous system is more significant, and even has a great impact on the endocrine system. As far as headstand is concerned, it will also have a special effect on the adjustment of the practitioner's mental state.

Cervical spondylosis can be treated with yoga. On the contrary, if patients with cervical spondylosis do yoga regularly, it can improve the symptoms of the disease. When you suffer from cervical spondylosis, you should move more, so that the improvement effect of cervical spondylosis will be more obvious. Cervical spondylosis can not only practice yoga, but also other sports to help improve itself. For cervical spondylosis, don't raise the head too high, and practice more blood circulation exercises.