Hi Gabrielle –
Per our Facebook discussion…
The trouble I have with Triangle pose, and most poses that involve a twist, is that many times, if I am not very careful, I come away with a rotated vertebra in my mid back or my sacroiliac joint gets askew. It takes a couple of days to recover and since Triangle pose seems to often be the culprit, I usually skip it or do a reeaaalllyyyy modified version of it (hand on thigh and no twist) that sometimes makes me say ‘why bother’? 🙂
In case I have never given the laundry list of back trouble I have: unstable sacrum (sometimes it gets jammed up, sometimes it moves around too much), bulging disks in top, middle and lower spine and osteoarthritis at T2. Nothing bad enough for drastic measures (Thank the Lord) – most of the specialists I have seen have shrugged it off and sent me to PT – but bad enough to make back pain a daily thing. I have learned over the years to modify almost everything I do when exercising. This also makes relaxing into many poses very hard because I am afraid to go too far or tweak something the wrong way. I realize I am working against myself in that regard but I am improving in that area with poses that are not quite so risky.
The good news is that arching used to be a trigger but with proper instruction I haven’t had any problems with that in quite a while (as long as I really focus on keeping my rear end tight and lifting out of the low back)…This is why Camel pose is one that I also have been skipping because it’s such an intense back bend (but that is for another forum!)… 🙂
Blessings,
Helen
