Practicing yoga, be careful of your spine!

In recent years, yoga has become a hot campaign, which city people can not only ease the tension frame of mind, but also increase the body's flexibility, some diseases can even have a certain effect of adjuvant therapy. However, due to inadequate preparation, does not follow the principle of gradual and orderly progress this year, a result of practicing yoga a result of physical injury, especially in patients with spine problems increased significantly.

First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical College Rehabilitation Branch, a doctor told reporters rebellion, "a result of practicing yoga lead to muscle injury or joint damage in patients with more and moreOnly the first half of this year by my hands alone, a dozen massage, and some people to come, when the neck Waizhe, a move did not dare move. You have to make good calls from the media this issue. "

First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical College, director of rehabilitation, spinal disease experts, Professor Shen Tong told reporters: In the case of a variety of sports injuries, spinal injuries are very common, but the consequences are very serious. This year due to sports injury caused by lumbar disc herniation, spinal misalignment and other joints of patients increasing, according to preliminary statistics, the number of previous years an increase of about 20%. In these patients,Practice yoga the number of spinal cord injury caused by a lot.

What is the reason to make yoga into a healthy sport injuries? Professor Shen Tong, "Yoga is a good way to exercise, but the practice of yoga masters in India are, who began practicing, and their physical foundation is good. But now due to some instructor Yoga Pavilion driven by commercial interests , as long as Jiaoqian teach, or even to say that practicing yoga can treat many diseases, but also stereotyped movements, and no basis for teaching students of different physical conditions, the participants also anxious for another competition,Regard for their ability to do some difficult actions, especially the excessive bending very easily lead to lumbar disc herniation. "

In yoga, there is a 90-degree neck and shoulder movement is inverted, Professor Shen Special Note: to do this action when the pressure of cervical particularly large, likely to cause cervical joint dislocation, or even cervical disc.

So yoga is available to treat lumbar spinal problem? Professor Shen said: "Some coaches said that yoga can cure lumbar disc herniation, but this view is irresponsible. Especially for some of lumbar disc herniation in the elderly, theYoga not only fail treatment, excessive bending force will add to illness. "

Professor Shen to remind those who love sports, especially in middle-aged friends, the spine is very much part of the body, but also very fragile, and movement are particularly vulnerable to injury, in the event of injury may lead to more serious consequences. He introduced, in addition to yoga than in other sports because of spinal cord injury caused by improper campaign also includes: In the game of golf, because the twist caused by the rapid thoracic, lumbar joint dislocation is relatively common; in badminton sports,Because the upper unilateral force and the pressure to the cervical spine can also cause cervical dislocation, so that activists feel that the rise will be a headache.

In sports how to protect our spine? Have cervical, lumbar problems, the how should choose sports? Professor Shen, each one movement exercise to find projects suited to their hours they practice should be gradual and will not feel discomfort in the body the next day as standard; regardless of what the campaign should make full warm-up exercise, especially the activities of the spine ; practicing yoga time try not to over-bending,Especially in patients with lumbar disc herniation; the neck, lumbar disc herniation who try to avoid running, jumping and so increase the pressure on intervertebral disc movement, the best way to swimming movements.

"The warming-up do a good job is very important." Professor Shen said, not because the damage will occur so I stopped training, as long as the warming-up well, let the body diastolic opening, together with practice methods of science, health, exercise is not an issue !