Can I do a handstand while menstruating?

The menstrual period is a very important period. Women's bodies should not move around at this time, including doing some high-intensity exercises at will, because this will cause blood to be stuck in the pelvic cavity and cause dysmenorrhea. It is recommended to exercise appropriately during menstruation, but it is best not to overdo it to avoid excessive exercise, which is bad for the body's blood flow.

Can I do headstand during menstruation?

You should not practice handstand during menstruation because:

1. Inversion will cause menstrual blood to stagnate in the body. Those fanatical practitioners who ignore the rules will experience a sudden stop in menstrual blood flow. There is no doubt that this will damage our health and cause uterine fibroids, cysts, endometriosis and cancer, and disrupt the body's balance. In the philosophy of traditional Indian medicine, things that are destined to be excreted from the body should not remain in the body. You can't keep urine, feces, phlegm and mucus in your body because they are substances that must eventually be excreted from the body. These things are collectively called body waste and must be excreted. Continuing to remain in the body can only lead to the occurrence of disease.

2. During menstruation, you must reduce activities that cause physical exertion, such as long-distance walking, dancing, or heavy housework. At this time you need to provide your body with the necessary rest and relaxation.

3. Inversion will prevent the flow of menstrual blood. Women with habitual miscarriage will find it very helpful to practice this kind of movement. Women whose menstrual period lasts more than 15 days can use this posture to stop bleeding starting from the 12th day of the menstrual period when the bleeding does not stop. But women in this situation must understand the causes of prolonged and heavy periods and adopt other asanas during non-menstrual periods to improve the situation.

4. If you force your body to practice, your body will pay a huge price for it, it is just a matter of time. Don't stress about which day of your menstrual period you can practice headstand. You can start practicing as long as your menstrual blood has completely stopped.

5. During menstruation, it is not advisable to do inverted yoga movements and movements that overly compress the abdomen, such as all inverted postures (such as plow pose, headstand, shoulder stand, etc.), postures that squeeze the abdomen (such as back extension pose, single-leg extension pose), and intense postures that put great stress on the body (such as wheel pose). Because these actions will cause some menstrual blood that should be discharged from the body to remain in the body, affecting menstrual health.

What are the benefits of handstand

1. Promote blood circulation, reduce leg fat and maintain a good body shape.

2. Inversion can promote blood circulation, especially for women. Blood returning to the pelvic cavity increases pelvic blood supply, brings more nutrients to the lower abdomen, helps the metabolism of pelvic organs, and is very beneficial to the body!

3. Inverting can not only make people's body more fit, but also effectively reduce the formation of facial wrinkles and delay aging.

4. Inverting helps improve people’s intelligence and reaction ability. A person's intelligence and reaction speed are determined and controlled by the brain, and inversion can increase the brain's blood supply and its ability to control sensing under various conditions.

5. For people who like to exercise, the handstand does not require a large space, nor does it require money to buy equipment to exercise the upper limb muscles. Fitness enthusiasts often use barbells and dumbbells to exercise their deltoids, biceps and triceps, but because the rotator cuff muscles are particularly prone to injury, it greatly affects the exercise of other parts. The handstand movement not only causes less damage to the shoulders, but is also more effective than machine dumbbell movements.

6. For ordinary fitness enthusiasts, the benefit of inverted posture is to improve blood circulation. Because when people walk independently, their blood circulation changes from horizontal to vertical, which causes insufficient blood supply to the brain and overload of the cardiovascular system. In mild cases, it causes baldness, blurred vision, gray hair, lack of energy, fatigue, and premature aging; in severe cases, it causes brain diseases and heart diseases. By doing inversion, a person's blood circulation changes and the blood supply to the head is improved, which is especially beneficial for those of us who do mental work or sit in offices.

7. Adjust internal organs. Because when people walk independently, their heart and intestines move downward under the influence of gravity, causing many sagging gastrointestinal and heart diseases, which causes fat to accumulate in the abdomen and thighs, resulting in waistline and abdominal obesity. When inverted, the internal organs are supported by gravity and reverse action, which improves the sagging condition.