doxiemama45

May I ask you a few questions? wink Here goes: When you go to the chiropractor what specifically is your chiro waiting for (when you say he has to wait for your core to relax)? Are you lying down or sitting? Is it a spinal adjustment that he is doing on you or some soft tissue work?

My Chiropractor is doing spinal adjustments. There are several where he has to feel me relax before he can adjust me. The one in particular is when I lay on my side as he adjusts my lumbar area. The other one is laying on my stomach as he adjusts my cervical spin.

Nextly: I am just wondering about your 6 pack muscles (rectus abdominis). Are they well-formed? Do you do sit-ups with the Bikram yoga scripted rounded over double exhale bouncy maneuver where you end up with a rounded back kinda bouncing over your legs with your head down?

When I do these, I hold my core strong and bend my knees slightly. I keep my feet on the ground and sit-up and lean forward. I don’t p;ut my head down. This past week I stopped doing the sit-ups to see if that makes a difference. So far, it has. This week my back has felt the best since starting Bikram in Sept 2011.

I would like to help you but at the mo I am not really sure about what is going on in your thighs because I need some more information. Do you get the impression that it’s related to your back pain? Can you feel the pain in your back and the side of your thighs at the same time? Can you please tell me which poses you feel this in? It may be worst in triangle pose but that seems to indicate to me that you are experiencing the issue elsewhere. wink

Not sure if the pain emanates from my back. The pain is in my abductors on both sides, but the right side hurts the most. I feel it most in Triangle, but I also feel it in Tree.

I would really like to know more about one’s practice before I could recommend staying away from forward bends. So, Joni, if you’re in there, please let me know where you’re at. I have been away at my Teacher Training program and have been out of action as far as the forum goes, but I am back now.

I have been practicing since September 2011 and love Bikram. I practice 2 sometimes 3 times a week. It really bothers me that I cannot do the forward folds, as it does feel so good—like traction, but it really makes me hobble around for the next 3 or 4 days. Is this enough information?
Joni