Elbow & shoulder pain

Hi Beverly

Have you tried using a strap? It seems to me that you simply need a way to create traction that is easy for you to accomplish. You have injury that’s longstanding so you may really need to progress slowly.

Get hold of a strap. Grasp it so it has a loop. Place the foot in the loop and hold the strap with the inside of your wrist and elbow facing outward, just as you would if you were doing the pose as per directions. Make sure you are allowing the weight of your leg to pull traction in your arm.

You may need to be next to a wall to start or have someone assist you the first several times. You will be amazed how quickly the body can open up when you work with it.

You don’t need to do anything but stand up straight. arm extending right up to the ceiling and press your leg back just enough to feel traction from your shoulder and arm and that stretch in your quadriceps of the bent leg. That means just moving the knee behind the standing leg. I don’t know how ‘deeply’ you can go into the pose, but your first job is just getting your foot in the grip.

Let me know how you go

Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂

Oh yes Beverly I did realise that! That is why I mentioned it! :cheese:

It is best not to use a stretchy strap. That won’t do what we need.

Let me know. Perhaps there’s a strap at the studio. Failing that use a hand towel (or light towel even if it’s a little big).

Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂