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Added November 22, 2011

Exercise Cramps

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If you exercise all month, you will help your body keep from having cramps. Light exercise during your period will help to ease the heavy, bloated (puffy) feeling. Workouts that stretch your body are best.

Here are a few exercises that are great for relieving cramps:

Sit on the floor, legs as far apart as you can get them. Hold your toes if you can, or clasp your ankles lightly. Keep your back straight and breathe in, holding your diaphragm (the muscle under your ribs) up and in. Holding this position, take a few deep breaths. As you breathe out for the last time, bend forward towards the floor and exhale.
Sit with your knees open and bent at the sides, with the soles of your feet together in front of your crotch. Clasp your hands under your toes, or hold your ankles. Press the soles of your feet together and breathe in, deeply expanding your chest and lifting your diaphragm, as described above. Raise your head a little, and feel your stomach expand. Breathe in and out deeply into your stomach four or five times.
Lie on your back with one leg stretched out, and pull the other knee up to your chin. Clasp your knee with your arms to ease the strain and then hold the posture, relaxing for a few minutes.

If you get pain all of a sudden or notice a change in your periods, you should contact a doctor.

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missglamorazzi

Posted May 07, 2012

excersing really works 4 me ... i also try to eat better when its that time f the month...<3 thanks 4 the info

Kiwi^^

Posted May 01, 2012

@wayman71961949 Other than this light exercising thing, bananas help with cramps. Hopefully that helps

wayman71961949

Posted April 29, 2012

What helps really bad cramps, ii have already tried pamprin, tylonol, ibuprophin600MG?!

PLH36

Posted April 23, 2012

@ChloeLey everyone gets their period at a different time/age we have our own "clock" which determines when we get our period and there is no "right time" to have it so don't worry we're all different! ? Hope this helped you!

carol.luau

Posted April 23, 2012

exercising never works for me. it just makes it worse

elvis11

Posted April 14, 2012

thanks

girlstuff901

Posted April 14, 2012

ikr i have been going on and off lately!

kitttycat09

Posted April 11, 2012

Dancing actually does really help my cramps! I get the worst cramps ever. I can hardly move, and i just start sobbing. One time, i got my period on thanksgiving so i was kinda forced to be social, because we had company. We all started playing the Michael Jackson experience dancing game, and it made my cramps ease off! Moral of the story? Got cramps? DANCE.

Buggy12

Posted April 11, 2012

I have been in dance class since I was 6, so since I just started my period, I was scared that dance would make me feel worse, but we always stretch before we start practicing, and the stretching has really work, but I've been trying to take it easy while I run laps and hard stuff like that, so I don't cramp up worse:)

elvis11

Posted April 07, 2012

has anyone tried these? do they work?