Kmika14

Thanks, Gabrielle, for your quick response and for you offer to help.

To answer your first question, im certain the herniayion is at L5-S1 (confirmed with an MRI). As for child’s pose, it feels good to be in it, but once I come out, my back is definitely more agitated.

As my back has calmed down a bit, and as I think of the last few months, a couple of things come to mind. First, like I mentioned earlier, the standing poses feel heavenly to me and my back. But the minute I lay down after tree pose, even keeping my knees bent, my back gets very angry. This last episode, my back went into an all-out tizzy. Staying in one position too long really irrritates my back, and i think the transition from all of the standing poses to sudden savasana is too much for it to handle. For instance, when i do other exercise, i always end with walking, which i think helps my back transition to relaxation. My reaction to savasana isn’t unlike when I’ve had to lay flat, even with a knee bolster, when getting a massage, icing my knee at physical therapy and sleeping (thankfully I’m a side sleeper!). My suspicion is that I have some really aggravated lumbar muscles along with the herniated disc, and unfortunately what makes one issue feel better irritates the other issue (i.e. my reaction to child’s pose).

Thanks again for any advice you have!