Contents:
- Medical Video: How the Sun and Moon Can Influence the Human System | Sadhguru
- Yoga along with a myriad of benefits
- Is yoga really susceptible to injury?
- Various risks of doing yoga
- Glaucoma complications
- Increased blood pressure
- Back injury
- Muscle injury
- So, is yoga safe?
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Who would have thought, it turns out that yoga whose movements look calm and slow can also cause various types of complaints to the body. Yes, yoga can also give you the risk of injury. Therefore, it is important for you to know the risks so that you avoid the negative effects of yoga.
Yoga along with a myriad of benefits
Yoga has been practiced by many people in the world and has proven its benefits to health. For example, yoga can improve mental health, reduce stress, improve heart function, increase strength to the flexibility of muscles and joints.
Is yoga really susceptible to injury?
Reporting from the New York Times, a senior yoga instructor, Glenn Black believes that basically yoga should be done by people with good physical condition. Or, yoga can also be done to treat certain conditions with special methods. Therefore, yoga is not intended for everyone.
Glenn himself confessed that he often missed or did not stand up with his head down (headstand) or standing with a shoulder support while practicing yoga.
Why so? Apparently, these postures are quite risky and dangerous. Usually, an injury occurs because of an inadequate physical condition or health problems that are being experienced. Various yoga poses do require special abilities and flexibility, they cannot be practiced carelessly.
Instead of directly doing yoga, it's better to try light movements first to condition the organ. This aims to strengthen the weak part of the body.
Apparently, this opinion was reinforced by a small survey conducted in Finland in 2008. In the survey, it was found that 62 percent of survey participants who did yoga for more than a month claimed to have muskoskeletal injuries with duration of more than one month. This survey is published in the International Journal of Yoga Therapy.
Various risks of doing yoga
Basically, the negative effects of yoga are very rare because usually the instructors have adjusted the level of difficulty posing with your abilities. However, here are various risks that might occur if you are not careful when doing yoga.
Glaucoma complications
Glaucoma occurs because there is excessive pressure behind the eyeball. This disorder can cause loss of ability to see. When you do certain yoga movements, for example movements that make your body upside down like headstand and shoulderstand, pressure on the eye will increase and can cause eye complications.
Increased blood pressure
Strong breathing techniques and inverted posture can increase blood pressure. So if you already have a history of high blood pressure (hypertension), some yoga poses such as Breath of Fire will not alleviate your condition and actually add to your condition.
Back injury
Movement to bend the body forward when forced seating can make a spinal plate injury that is indeed vulnerable, especially in the lumbar region. Lumbar is the lower backbone. Usually, what happens is lower back pain. This can also be caused by lack of heating.
Muscle injury
About 27 out of 76 yoga injury cases reported in the journal PLoS ONE come from muscle injuries. This can be caused by insufficient warming so that your flexibility has not reached a certain stage, but is forced upon yoga. The solution, make sure you can measure the pulling limits of the muscles so that they are not extreme and instead result in injury.
So, is yoga safe?
Yes, yoga is still safe for you to do. Basically, yoga is not dangerous. However, yoga is not a type of exercise that can be aimed at all people with various health conditions.
Make sure you listen carefully to the instructions from your yoga teacher, follow the guidelines well, and warm up well. Do light movements to familiarize your limbs, so you can do certain astana. Doing yoga without proper warm-up will increase the risk of injury and have a negative effect on yoga.
In addition, it is important for those of you who want to do yoga to find out your current health condition to prevent the negative effects of yoga. If you have a specific medical history, such as back pain or high blood pressure, consult a doctor.
Also tell your yoga instructor what health conditions you have. That way, the instructor will adjust the exercises and poses to your abilities.
