Can practicing yoga help you lose weight?

Yoga itself is an exercise that requires muscle strength. For thin women, thin muscles can easily be strained. Doctors instead suggest that some women who are too thin should go through some basic strength training before practicing yoga.

Weight loss mainly depends on consuming calories. The most effective means to lose weight still requires scientific control of diet and effective exercise. Therefore, unless it is some special yoga practices such as thermal yoga, it is difficult to achieve the goal of losing weight in the short term by practicing yoga. Many people do not lose too much weight after practicing yoga, but their body composition and structure are better than before. This is the ultimate goal of yoga to lose weight.

Many people are not suitable for difficult movements

Patients with high blood pressure and heart disease: Not suitable for handstands and wheeled movements.

When you stand head-down and do wheeled movements, blood will flow backwards, which may easily cause insufficient blood supply to the heart and brain, ischemia, and lead to shock.

Disc herniation, spondylolisthesis: Not suitable for forward bending movements such as Japanese salutation and wide-angle pose.

Among the most basic movements of yoga,"Sun Prayer" is one of them. Practitioners must bend their waist downward. At this time, people with spondylolisthesis may cause the spine to slip again due to such movements; People with herniated discs may also cause more severe nerve compression in their lower limbs due to inadvertent bending.

Osteoporosis patients: Not suitable for hoe movements.

Some yoga movements must use limbs such as hands or feet to support the weight of the body. If you have osteoporosis, you can easily break bones. Hoe movements are even more taboo for patients with osteoporosis.

In addition, if you develop joint pain or tendon inflammation after each time you practice yoga, your body may not be flexible enough to make it difficult for yoga movements. (Internship Editor: Yan Lili)