Is yoga harmful to the body?

Everyone knows that practicing yoga can exercise the body's flexibility and promote blood circulation, but few people know what the disadvantages of practicing yoga are. Some people also question whether yoga can harm the body? Is yoga harmful? Let me introduce to you in detail the advantages and disadvantages of yoga to the body and the precautions when practicing yoga. Let’s take a look.

Every joint in the human body has its own range of motion. Long-term high-intensity activities that exceed this range will often cause short-term or long-term damage to the joints. Yoga movements may seem gentle, but if they are not practiced properly, they may cause harm to the practitioner. If you are too impatient for results, exercise too intensely or the difficulty is too high, coupled with incorrect postures, you may suffer from sports injuries such as muscle and ligament strains, meniscus injuries, joint inflammation, neuralgia, etc., which are common "yoga diseases."

The cervical joints may become misaligned. Some yoga movements require the neck and shoulders to be inverted at 90 degrees. This movement puts a lot of pressure on the cervical spine, which can easily cause cervical joint dislocation or even cervical disc herniation. Hyperextension injury of the spinal cord. There is a posture in yoga called camel pose, which is to lean back with your hands on the ground. If you practice this movement excessively, it can easily cause damage to the lamina and ligaments behind the spinal canal. In severe cases, it may also damage the spinal cord, which is medically called a hyperextension injury. Sequelae of bone injury.

Practicing yoga and stretching can enhance the flexibility of the waist bones and joints, which has certain benefits. However, the bones of some young people are still in the development stage, and practicing yoga carries a great risk of injury, which may have an adverse effect on bone development. Improper practice is more likely to cause damage and leave sequelae. Excessive stretching does not increase height. Height is influenced by both genetics and environment, with genetics accounting for 70%. Environmental factors include nutrition, sleep, exercise, disease and environmental pollution. Genetics, sleep, nutrition and exercise are the four main factors that affect height. There is no scientific basis for the direct increase in height through yoga, which mainly relies on static stretching. It can only be used as a form of exercise to promote the height development of adolescents.

The above content is the harm of yoga exercise that I introduced to you. I believe everyone has understood it. It is recommended that if you feel abnormal pain in a certain part of the body during yoga practice, you should stop practicing immediately and find out the reason. If swelling occurs, apply ice packs within 24 hours to reduce bleeding and swelling at the site of injury.