May I play sports despite the cold?
Can I walk despite a headache?
It can be worthwhile: even movements reduce tension, the fresh air floods the brain with oxygen - and often relieves the pain. Walking, cycling or swimming can also help with tension headaches. In migraine, however, the body longs for rest. During an attack, sport is out of the question. "In the long term, though, stamina training will help migraine sufferers, and many of my patients report halving the frequency and intensity of seizures." Astrid Gendolla, head of the headache outpatient department of the University Hospital Essen. The training activates the body's pain killers and strengthens the balance of the nervous system. Abrupt movements such as volleyball, tennis or badminton can pave the way for a new attack.
Can I go swimming with a cold?
Depends on how violent the infection is. When you have a mild cold, nothing speaks against sports in the form of gentle endurance training: Who doses the effort and makes sure not to cool, even activates his self-healing powers. Exercise is always taboo if the symptoms go beyond a slight cold with a nasal congestion, such as fever or swollen lymph nodes. Even those who take antibiotics, whether for respiratory or other diseases, should definitely pause, otherwise threatens a protracted infection.
Is it advisable to ride a bicycle with backache?
For many cross problems, exercise can help. "The back muscles are better supplied with blood, which relieves tension," says sports scientist Prof. Dr. med. Ingo Froböse of the German Sport University Cologne. As long as no neurological deficits such. If, for example, numbness in the legs occurs, it is recommended that acute back problems should be restored after a maximum of three to four days of protection. Whether cycling, aerobics, table tennis or swimming, makes no big difference to the spine.
It is important to increase the intensity slowly and to avoid jerky movements at first. But you should not be too cautious. "The back already tells us what is good for him," says Froböse. "If the pain increases within 24 hours of exercise, the load is too high, and then it's better to throttle the intensity."
May I have a tennis match with sore muscles?
That's not a good idea. When aching muscles worsen movement coordination, ball sports are just as taboo as skiing or gymnastics. Unwanted movements could otherwise lead to joint injuries or muscle fiber tears. Moderate endurance sports, however, is okay if the hangover of the muscles remains in the frame. In that case, exercise actually has a soothing effect, because it improves blood circulation to the muscles: this is precisely how the metabolic products that caused hangover pain are removed.
Does yoga help against menstrual pain?
Especially when the stomach tightens and hurts, calming and relaxing targeted relaxation exercises. Especially pleasant are asanas, in which the practitioner takes a stint. "Angular postures relax the pelvic organs and take the pull off the ligaments of the uterus," explains Berlin yoga teacher and author Anna Trökes. Even forward bends, which gently massage the abdominal organs, do well.
Pure reversal postures like headstand are unfavorable. Yoga not only helps against the acute pain, but can also rule complaints and prevent PMS: It is more balanced, the ups and downs of the hormones makes less noticeable. In principle, this applies to every other sport that is practiced regularly. However, strenuous jogging or badminton during the day is a matter of taste: In some women, this may increase the tendency to seizure and bleeding, while others may experience intensive training like a painkiller.
