How to relieve back pain during menstruation

Menstruation is a woman’s best friend, it comes once a month with a certain regularity and periodicity. But the experience during the period is not very good. Some women don't feel any major pain during their period, but for others, they experience back pain every time they have their period. So, how to relieve back pain during menstruation?

How to relieve back pain during menstruation?

1. Knead your waist vigorously

Don't hit it too hard, just use your strength on your waist and gently rub it from top to bottom. Avoid using too much force, just pinch and rub it. During this special period, girls are weak, and it is easy for them to be exhausted if they are hit hard, and it is also easy to cause menstrual disorders. Be careful of inflammation! Therefore, you must rub the waist gently.

2. Apply heat to Guanyuan acupoint

Close the other four fingers of your left hand except the thumb, and then use the middle joint of the middle thumb as a standard. The horizontal width is 3 inches. Using it as a standard, find the Guanyuan point four fingers below the navel.

Drop a small amount of lavender essential oil into boiling water, then wet the towel, dry it slightly, and apply hot towel to Guanyuan acupoint. After the temperature of the towel drops, wet, dry, and apply hot towel again. Repeat this process for 10 minutes.

3. Keep warm

The weather has been getting colder recently, and the temperature in most parts of the country will drop significantly. Women are afraid of cold, so they must keep their waists warm. Try to avoid being exposed to rain and cold, and sleep in the wind at night. Avoid lying in a damp and cold place for a long time. In damp and cold seasons, you can use electric heating mattresses to dispel the cold and keep warm.

4. Avoid eating cold and irritating foods

The menstrual period is the most delicate time for the human body. You should drink more water, maintain smooth bowel movements, reduce pelvic congestion, pay attention to proper rest and maintain adequate sleep. It is not suitable to eat cold, spicy, alcoholic or other irritating foods.

5. Warm handbags for the lower abdomen

Girls who are really uncomfortable can take a hand warmer. Girls often have waist pain, which is related to the menstrual disorder. Therefore, using a hand warmer to warm the lower abdomen can, to a certain extent, prevent the lower abdomen from catching cold, promote blood circulation, and reduce the probability of waist and abdominal pain.

What causes lower back pain during menstruation?

1. Lumbar muscle strain

For people who work standing up for a long time, due to continuous standing, the flexion and extension ability of the lumbar tendons and ligaments are weakened, and excessive lactic acid bacteria can accumulate in some parts, which inhibits the normal metabolism of the lumbar muscles and can also cause lumbar muscle strain and cause low back pain. Abnormal standing or sitting postures, tight clothing, etc. can all cause back pain.

2. Reproductive diseases

The prevalence of female genital inflammation is relatively high, such as chronic adnexitis, pelvic inflammatory disease, pelvic connective tissue inflammation, salpingitis, etc. This type of inflammation is very likely to be complicated by low back pain.

3. Fatigue during pregnancy and postpartum period

After pregnancy, the growth of the fetus may increase the bearing capacity of the waist, causing the sacrospinal ligament to relax, compressing the pelvic nerves and blood vessels, and causing low back pain. Excessive bleeding during the postpartum period, working too early, being overtired, or catching a cold can also cause low back pain.