When a car's brakes are locked and you accelerate, the risk of the engine catching fire is very high. It's the same with practicing yoga without warming up.
Office ladies take advantage of their lunch break to go to the gym to exercise - Photo: DUYEN PHAN
The pressures of modern work are trapping office workers in an 8-hour workday, often spending all 8 hours sitting glued to a computer.
Many women who work in offices rush home after work to take care of their families.
Therefore, many people have chosen their lunch break to exercise.
And yoga is one of those options.
However, not everyone who practices yoga is healthy. Practicing yoga or sitting at an office desk with incorrect posture can sometimes cause pain.
The following are some insights shared by Master of Traditional Medicine Vo Anh Tuan with Tuoi Tre Online.
No matter how rushed you are, remember not to forget the warm-up phase.
When a car's brakes are locked and you accelerate, the risk of the engine catching fire is very high. It's the same with practicing yoga without warming up.
Office workers often spend their lunch breaks practicing yoga together. Some days they feel refreshed and relaxed, but other days they experience neck pain, shoulder pain, arm pain, or even back pain without knowing why.
Practicing yoga has many benefits. Physically, it helps increase flexibility, muscle strength, improve posture, and enhance cardiovascular health…
Mentally, it helps reduce stress, improve sleep, enhance concentration, and balance emotions…
If you feel refreshed and relaxed after your workout, you're doing it right. Otherwise, something is definitely wrong.
The biggest mistake is not properly booting up or skipping the boot process.
It's understandable that because the training sessions are at lunchtime, I can't always arrive on time. On the days I arrive late, I just join the rest of the class. Wherever everyone else is training, I start training too.
As a result, after the workout, I experienced neck, shoulder, and arm pain, as well as back pain…
Therefore, when practicing yoga, don't skip the warm-up because you're in a hurry or too late.
X-rays also failed to detect the disease, why?
Office work, prolonged computer use, and incorrect posture over time can lead to degeneration of the cervical vertebrae and fibrosis of the neck muscles. This degeneration can obstruct the flow of "qi" (energy).
In Traditional Chinese Medicine, there is a principle: "Where there is vital energy, there is blood; where there is blood, there is vital energy."
During sudden, strenuous exercise, blood is forced to circulate at a higher intensity to distribute energy, which in turn causes the flow of vital energy (qi) to also increase.
When air flows at a higher intensity and becomes obstructed, it creates a reaction force. It is this reaction force that causes the sensation of pain.
This is similar to the situation where a car with its brakes locked accelerates, risking engine failure.
First comes neck, shoulder, and arm pain, followed by back pain. Simultaneously, there may be temporary high blood pressure, migraines, or vestibular disorders.
What puzzles many doctors during clinical examinations is that X-rays show no abnormalities, even though the patient is in pain. The reason is that X-rays cannot capture air bubbles.
Initially, there is pain. Then, these painful areas become swollen. If left untreated, it can develop into inflammation with full symptoms of swelling, heat, redness, and pain.
Yoga warm-up exercises are designed to soften and loosen muscles, thereby helping to clear blockages in the airways.
Then, the following formal exercises will help the trainee achieve the results described above.
Yoga can help reduce lower back pain.Source: https://tuoitre.vn/tap-yoga-sau-buoi-tap-neu-sang-khoai-la-tap-dung-con-khong-thi-20241214110456491.htm
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