Yoga is best for all treatments and effective remedies to abstain from all medicines
Yoga is the extremely helpful in curing menstrual cramp and pain caused during periods. Here we have eight poses and with the help of regular practice these yoga positions can get rid of all menstrual pain and cramp stimulated during this time.
1. Supine Twist: - Lying on the back or with the face upward and twisting your pelvic muscles with the help of your lower body. Twisting itself is a great way to decompress and squeeze your body to take out full unease from your body.
Reclined Spinal Twist for a few minutes will help to take out stress from your pelvic and spines nerves with twisting your lower portion.
2. Dhanurasana or bow pose: - Lie flat on your stomach and make an angle of a bow with curved given to your lower back and head, and lift your chest and legs up from the ground. Pull your legs back. Up and make an angle of a bow. This position is very helpful in making the abdominal stretch and gives relief during all menstrual cramps. Also all legs and arm muscles will be toned during this position and give relaxation to the hips as well by giving stress of 10 to 15 seconds. Also, adds flexibility to your body.
3. Matsyasana (Fish Pose): - Sit on the ground folding you're both legs like padmasana and then lie down in this position and slowly lift up your upper body and head in arch shape so that crown on the head position touches the ground.
Palms can touch your folded feet and be there in this position for at least 15 to 20 seconds. Practicing Mata Saya asana will relieve your periods and menstrual disorders. Also, it helps if a person suffers from neck pain lumbago and spondylitis.
4. Downward-Facing Dog or (Adho Mukha Svanasana):- It is widely recognized as one of the popular poses in yoga and part of sun salutation poses or Surya namaskar asana.
Make forward bending in a posture to make arc curve position between your head and both legs. This posture strengthens your tailbone back and pelvis. It will give relaxation during period pain and menstrual disorders.
5. Ustrasana or camel pose — Kneel down on your knees and slightly bend down backward and touch your ankle.
This pose will make a camel hood like posture; this yoga posture also opens Anahata (heart chakra) and gives relief from menstrual discomfort and anxiety. It can also be helpful against respiratory ailments, backache, strengthens the back and shoulders.
6. Head to Knee Pose – (Janu Sira asana):- This position is very helpful in relieving stress and cramps during periods. Sit on the floor and first bend your right knee outward to a 90-degree angle and start touching your head to the same knee by grabbing your right foot from both the hands and press the right foot into the inner left thigh. The same thing has to repeat with you left leg and right foot.
7. Supta Padangusthasana (Reclining Big Toe Pose):- Lie on your back and stretch straight your right leg slowly in an upward direction and then start touching your right toe finger with the right hand in the same direction with your head slightly up and your upper body in the same position.
Place your left hand on top of the upper left thigh to alleviate the left leg down. This position relieves back pain, sciatica, and menstrual discomfort.
8.Supported bridge pose (Setu Bandha Sarvangasana) Lie down on your back, make your both the legs upward half from knee joint in parallel planted behind your hips. Also, Lift your hips and chest up to a relaxed level in straight line with your chin just for 15 20 seconds. It makes the position of supported bridge, expands the pelvic girdle, stretches the abdominal area and is also good exercise to do during menses and bloating menstrual cramps.
