What to do if you have back pain during menstruation: 5 tips to relieve menstrual discomfort

　　Menstruation is a unique physiological characteristic of women, many of which female It appears during menstruation low back pain In some cases, some people's symptoms are more serious and even affect their daily life, so they must find ways to solve them in time. In this regard, someone asked what to do if you have backache during menstruation? How to take care of your health during menstruation? Next, I will introduce it in detail for your reference.

　　What should I do if I have backache during menstruation?

　　1. Hot compress

　　When menstruation comes, do you feel that your limbs are cold, including your entire waist? At this time, putting something warm on the waist can instantly relieve the pain. Therefore, if conditions permit, lie on your back on the bed, use warm water to drip a towel (to the extent that it does not drip) and place it on the painful part of the waist and the sacrum slightly below. Put a hot water bottle on top and apply hot compress for about 10 minutes, and then apply hot compress on both sides of the waist for 10 minutes.

　　2. Supplement potassium and iron

　　The days during a woman's menstrual period are when her body is at its weakest. Proper adjustment of diet can effectively replenish the nutrients lost by the body and enhance resistance. For example, eat foods containing potassium and iron. Potassium can relieve mood, suppress pain, prevent infection, and reduce menstrual blood loss. Supplement iron-rich foods, such as fish, various animal livers, egg yolks, etc.

　　3. Press and knead Hegu point

　　What women need most during their menstrual period is careful care, but many women don’t know much about how to safely go through their menstruation. For symptoms such as low back pain during menstruation, you can actually massage the Hegu point, which is especially suitable for women who are office workers and cannot rest.

　　Acupoint location and pressing method: Put your index finger and thumb together, and you will see a raised muscle. The highest point of this muscle is the Hegu point. During your free time, use the thumb of the other hand to press the Hegu point a little harder, hold it for 5 seconds each time, then release it and repeat again. Press it repeatedly for 3 minutes.

　　Hegu point has the functions of activating blood circulation, promoting qi, and stimulating menstruation, and has a certain analgesic effect, so women should try it during menstruation.

　　4. Massage

　　Dysmenorrhea It troubles many women. When the pain is unbearable, some women have to take painkillers to relieve the pain. “This is not a long-term solution. Women can massage their waists when they have low back pain during menstruation, which can relieve the symptoms of low back pain during menstruation. The specific methods are as follows:

　　(1) Press the lumbosacral area with your palms

　　Lie prone, place your palms overlapping and press on the painful lumbar spine as much as possible to avoid causing pain. Breathe in and out once, do it 10 to 15 times.

　　(2), Massage the lower back

　　Rub the palms of both hands together and then place them on the lower back, and massage up and down 5 times until the area is warm, but the palms still need to be placed on the waist for 3 minutes. When doing it, move gently and breathe naturally. Under the guidance of consciousness, gradually coordinate your movements and breathing.

　　(3), kneading muscle knots

　　Use the pulp of your thumb to carefully touch the waist and sacral area. If you find a tender and tender nodule, press it with your finger pulp and rub it for 1 minute.

　　5. Motherwort boiled egg

　　Everyone knows that motherwort has the functions of activating blood circulation, removing stasis, regulating menstruation, etc. It has been used by doctors of all ages to treat Gynecology Sick people need medicine. Therefore, in order to give full play to the role of motherwort, later generations added eggs when boiling motherwort. After it was cooked, they ate the eggs and drank the soup, which had very good effects on women's dysmenorrhea, blood replenishment, and moisturizing and beautifying.

　　Method: 30 grams of motherwort, 2 eggs, add appropriate amount of water and cook together. After the eggs are cooked, remove the shells and simmer them for another 20 minutes before eating the eggs and drinking the soup. Once a day or every other day.

　　How to take care of your health during menstruation?

　　1. Try not to wash your hair

　　Try not to wash your hair during your menstrual period. If you must wash your hair, you must blow dry it immediately after washing. During menstrual period, you can wash your hair at noon.

　　2. Keep warm

　　That is to say, less air conditioning