Woman, if you do this again, will you still want your knees?

"Dynamic yoga involves a lot of jumping movements, which can easily damage beginners' ankle joints, knee joints and periosteum tissue." Yesterday, Lu Yi, a senior coach at Beijing Youji Yoga Club, reminded yoga beginners that they must carefully choose a teacher when practicing dynamic yoga, as they may get hurt if the teacher does not provide proper guidance.

Lu Yi said that dynamic yoga itself is a very good form of exercise, but if you don't warm up sufficiently before practicing, and your joints, ligaments and blood circulation are not warmed up, and if the teacher's guidance during practice is inappropriate, it will turn a good thing into a bad thing. She also pointed out that not only dynamic yoga, but all yoga exercises can cause injuries if the method is not correct. "I have also met some patients in the outpatient clinic who suffered knee injuries, muscle and ligament strains due to practicing yoga. These people are all fashionable young women. The reason for their injuries is that they practiced too fast, stretching and stretching their legs desperately during practice, causing injuries to their limbs that originally lacked flexibility." Yesterday, Professor Tian Dexiang of the Institute of Sports Medicine of Peking University Third Hospital reminded white-collar women that practicing yoga is not a competition, and they should not put too much pressure on themselves and must do what they can according to their own conditions.

Lu Yi analyzed that beginners who have little exercise and poor physical fitness are most likely to get injured. But the reason for their injuries is often due to improper teaching methods of the teachers rather than the students themselves. "Beginners' muscles and bones are relatively stiff. If they rush to do difficult stretching, twisting and other movements without fully warming up, the teacher will not consider the flexibility of the students' bodies when correcting their movements. If they just pull and twist hard, the "bow" will break somewhere.

"In fact, for every practitioner, as long as they do the movements to their maximum limit, whether their limbs can be bent to 30 degrees or 90 degrees, the results are the same, and they all achieve the effect of relaxing the body and mind and regulating the breathing, circulation and other systems." Lu Yi said that if beginners only experience muscle soreness and are not injured, it is just muscle fatigue that can be relieved on its own; if a certain part of the body is very painful, with a tingling sensation, swelling of the soft tissue, local numbness and other symptoms, it means that they are clearly injured. At this time, you should stop practicing and seek medical attention as soon as possible.

She reminded women who are preparing to practice yoga that they must tell their teachers about their medical history before practicing and should inform them of any physical discomfort. Otherwise, the teacher will not understand the students' physical condition and may cause injuries due to potential diseases being ignored during practice. When practicing by yourself, you must follow the principle of gradual progress and do not stretch or twist your body forcefully.