Mary Schatz, M.D.
Mary Schatz, M.D. Featured in Glamour Magazine
Mary Schatz, M.D.
The October 2010 issue of Glamour magazine ran a Health
& Body feature on what activities women can safely do during
their period and what should be avoided. Mary Pullig Schatz, M.D.,
best selling author of Back Care Basics and Relaxation
Basics and renowned yoga instructor, suggests that women avoid
doing certain yoga poses while menstruating due to the associated
health risks.
""Doing
upside-down
poses can
result in heavier
bleeding,"
says Mary Pullig
Schatz,
M.D., a
certified Iyengar
yoga instructor
. For women
with certain
medical
conditions, it
could cause
fainting,
too. Also, some
master
yogis teach
that during
your
period,
the direction
of your
body's
energy
is down
and out.
So go with the
flow
(sorry) and
skip the
inverted
stuff.
-Kierna
Mayo"
Excerpt taken from "What You Can and Can't Do During Your
Period." Glamour Magazine: October 2010:
pg. 168.
For great advice from Dr. Schatz on relief from PMS and
Endometriosis pain read her feature here.
