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  • Freerowey
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    September 18, 2011 at 8:16 am
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    in reply to: Shoulder pain/injury from hot yoga, to stay or go? #8929

    Well, Kim, I hope you have been able to make it back to class too by now! Gabrielle, I wonder if I could ask your advice once again? Have been going to class regularly, not doing plank of any kind, and my shoulder is sooooo much better (thanks again). Still a few twinges after class but that’s all. I wonder when you think I could try plank and whether you have any advice about how to introduce it ( with the wider arms as you said above)? Should I wait until I am totally pain free? Perhaps I could throw a few modified planks into class and build up slowly?

    Freerowey
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    September 11, 2011 at 6:46 am
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    in reply to: Shoulder pain/injury from hot yoga, to stay or go? #8919

    Thanks for your quick reply, Gabrielle ( and hello Kim!)
    Actually, I think you are right, Gabrielle. The sequence in our class moves from downward dog to high plank, low plank (I do both on my knees) to upright dog to downward dog. This is done heaps during the class. I went today and instead of the planks and upright I did a period of cat pose. Much less pain after class. At the beginning they hold downward dog for a while and that really hurts but by the end of the class the dog is fine. Does it sound ok to keep doing downward dog? So much? I think I’m clear not to do planks at all

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