Dealing with bad cramps?
in Women's Health ·
Listen, I can tell you from experience: yoga actually works!
To be honest, when I first started yoga—and that wasn't even my primary reason for picking it up—I was pretty skeptical when people claimed it would help reduce menstrual cramps. But it really does.
There were months where I’d end up in the ER, passing out and dealing with the kind of intense crises many of you here know all too well. Now, I'm nowhere near that.
The pain hasn't vanished entirely, but it's twice as manageable. Every once in a while, I'll have a few hours where the discomfort is enough that I need to lie down and use a heating pad, but after that, I feel like a new person. Given how difficult my cycles used to be, this is massive progress.
I began noticing these changes after about six months of consistent practice. I've been at it for nearly two years now, and things just keep getting better.
My instructor says her own cramps stopped completely, and she dealt with the exact same issues I did.
To be honest, when I first started yoga—and that wasn't even my primary reason for picking it up—I was pretty skeptical when people claimed it would help reduce menstrual cramps. But it really does.
There were months where I’d end up in the ER, passing out and dealing with the kind of intense crises many of you here know all too well. Now, I'm nowhere near that.
The pain hasn't vanished entirely, but it's twice as manageable. Every once in a while, I'll have a few hours where the discomfort is enough that I need to lie down and use a heating pad, but after that, I feel like a new person. Given how difficult my cycles used to be, this is massive progress.
I began noticing these changes after about six months of consistent practice. I've been at it for nearly two years now, and things just keep getting better.
My instructor says her own cramps stopped completely, and she dealt with the exact same issues I did.