Can't exercise during menstruation? So what should athletes do?

There have always been many theories about the taboo of menstruation, you can't wash your hair, you can't drink cold drinks, you can't exercise, and it's best to spread out in bed all day and don't move anything. Although it is true that girls with severe menstrual cramps feel very painful to move their bodies slightly every time they have their menstrual period, most women still do not feel that they cannot do anything. And if there really are days every month when you can only sit and rest, what about professional female athletes?

How do female athletes cope with menstrual periods?

Athletes usually have a regular training routine, and generally speaking, they will not stop training because female athletes have menstruation, but some athletes who exercise a lot or water sports will make some corresponding changes to their menstrual training plan, such as minimizing abdominal compression or avoiding intense running and jumping exercises. When it comes to facing major competitions, in order to avoid the discomfort caused by menstruation, many female athletes may need to take some drugs half a month in advance to make menstruation earlier or later. However, long-term use of this type of drug will have a certain impact on the endocrine system, and may have strong side effects.

Many girls don't have their menstrual periods very accurately, and sometimes they are too nervous, and the big aunt comes. Similarly, some female athletes may also face the situation of sudden menstruation during the competition, but at this time, they cannot abstain or can only stubbornly close their teeth. Like swimmers, when facing the menstrual period, they need to use tampons and then go into the water to compete.

How should women exercise reasonably during menstruation?

When menstruating, exercise is not absolutely prohibited, because proper exercise is helpful for the balance of the nervous system and blood circulation, and through exercise, the muscles of the pelvis can be contracted and relaxed well, so that the menstrual blood discharge is smootherdysmenorrheaThere is some relieving effect.

If you usually have the habit of exercising, and you are not sick during menstruation, your physical condition is not bad, but you need to pay attention to not doing strenuous and high-intensity exercises, such as push-ups, sit-ups, fast running, etc., to avoid compression of the lower abdomen; In addition, the average woman still avoids swimming during menstruation, because the uterine opening is slightly distended during menstruation, and it is easy for bacteria to invade and cause inflammation when swimming.

Cold drinks can really causedysmenorrheaIs it?

After scientific explanations, many of the once considered taboos of menstruation can still be carried out, such as washing hair, exercising, eating spicy foods or eating sweets, etc. As for drinking cold drinks or taking cold showers, because drinking cold drinks during non-menstrual periods is also easy to irritate the stomach and make the stomach uncomfortable, and taking cold showers may also make people catch colds, so whether you really need to avoid doing two things during menstruation depends on how your body is. To be clear, though, dysmenorrhea orIrregular menstruationIt is not caused by cold drinks or cold. Dysmenorrhea is divided into primary dysmenorrhea and secondary dysmenorrhea, and secondary dysmenorrhea is caused by lesions in the reproductive organs; Primary dysmenorrhea, on the other hand, is caused by the contraction of the smooth muscle of the uterus due to the release of too many prostaglandins during menstruation. It has nothing to do with the cold factor.