Doctors warn that squatting and bending over can cause strokes.

The squatting posture combined with bending over accidentally creates three bending points, causing increased pressure in the abdomen and chest many times, leading to stroke, cerebral hemorrhage, myocardial infarction... - Photo: Provided by Doctor

Doctor Nguyen Minh Duc (Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine and Ho Chi Minh City Oncology Hospital) said that stroke is a condition of narrowing of blood vessels in the brain, while myocardial infarction is a condition of narrowing of coronary arteries.

Therefore, we need to be careful to avoid prolonged bending movements. A very dangerous movement that we often do every day is squatting, plus bending when tying shoelaces.

"I have witnessed several cases of shock, even stroke, cerebral hemorrhage, myocardial infarction, and aortic rupture when doing this squatting and bending motion," Dr. Minh Duc shared.

Faced with the risk of harming health with squatting and bending movements, Dr. Minh Duc recommends that elderly people should not squat and bend or kneel and bend for a period of 1-4 minutes; the younger the person and the more flexible their health, the longer the sitting time can be.

Instead, prioritize sitting cross-legged, bending slightly, and sitting with your legs bent toward your body. When changing positions, lean back slightly to relieve pressure on the diaphragm and chest before standing up suddenly.

When lying down and moving to sitting, you should slowly lean to the right side, support yourself with your hands and then sit up. Don't do it too quickly, it's very dangerous.

For people aged 40 and over, myocardial infarction screening with echocardiography and electrocardiogram is recommended. As for stroke risk screening, brain MRI with carotid artery imaging is required.

Carotid ultrasound only helps to see the extracranial carotid artery, the intracranial condition is almost impossible to assess and the cause of stroke is up to 80% due to stenosis of the carotid artery and intracranial cerebral artery.

In terms of prevention, we need to have a leisurely lifestyle, ideal weight, a reasonable diet, and a suitable schedule of both dynamic ( sports ) and static (meditation) exercise.

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