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in reply to: what's up with my neck?? #8581
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So funny!Hi Rose
Thanks so much for the fascinating video. Amazing. OK… question. In theory and because of the nature of connective tissue, hot yoga should help. In fact, heat and massage and movement are the things that will help your issue. Heat is a wonderful factor in loosening up this kind of tissue.
I would suggest that moving hands in the way you would in a hot yoga class will help. I would also think that the type of movement you also want to include are ones where you open the hand up by pulling the fingers back or placing your palm down on a table and then lifting the arm up relative to your hand while keeping the hand flat down, exploring the resistance and loosening the cords up over time. This was obviously the difficult movement in your video (although up in the air).
So whatever yoga you do do, I would suggest that in the hot room is a wonderful idea. Then after class when your connective tissue is by default more fluid, I would then spend time working through specific hand exercises. If your therapist hasn’t given you any, well I would actually be surprised. So if not then come back and I am sure some suggestions could be coming your way… 😉
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂in reply to: I think I pulled my thigh muscle during "Floor bow" #8574Hi Manuel
Quick questions between tasks…
Do you get any pain at your knee at all. Where does the pain stop? How far above the knee or extending to it? Maybe it goes below the knee or involves the patella? or by the side of the knee? Any lasting tenderness or just pain?
It’s possible that your pain is linked to the legs spreading wide and the action of bringing them back together. See if you can give me some more answers and we’ll work this out… Don’t like to jump to conclusions 😉
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂in reply to: I think I pulled my thigh muscle during "Floor bow" #8570Hi Manuel
Thanks so much for your kind words! Very much appreciated.
Can you please let me know where on your thigh? Is it front, back, inside, outside? I am assuming you mean the left quadriceps muscle. Just let me know whatever other specific information and we can take it from there.
Floor bow is an extremely unnatural pose: Spine and hips extended, legs flexed… Would you please take a look in the mirror next time you’re in it and tell me whether your legs are symmetrical in form, what height your feet are at and whether your shoulders are at the same level? Don’t put too much effort into it. I don’t want any risky moves, OK? 😉
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂in reply to: Popping in sternum area during back bend #8569Hi Alisa
Where is the location of the popping? What happens if you don’t pull the arms back so much?
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂in reply to: Flexion/Extension question #8568Hi Liana
It is true that one tries to balance the body’s movements. Can that be done if we do equal forward to backbends in a yoga class? Perhaps, perhaps not.
We all spend a lot more time in forward bends. So maybe in hot yoga we spend more time balancing out our habitual posture!
Can I ask you about the state of your sacroiliac joints? Have you got any mobility there albeit small (as is natural)? Is there something preventing you from having your lordotic lumbar spine? What movements make you feel as though you’re getting mobility into your lumbar spine? A flat lumbar spine often indicates a posterior pelvic tilt. I guess I am assuming there would be some small amount of pelvic tilt there. Any other information would be useful! Let’s keep delving
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂in reply to: Previous Knee issues…. #8565Hi Rina
I truly believe you need to get yourself in to see a practitioner who can give you an update on your knee situation.
I cannot give you best advice if we really don’t know (and are kinda guessing) if you have:
>> Muscular damage
>> Joint cartilage damage
>> Meniscus problems or
>> Ligament problemsPlease go see someone and then update me with that information so that I can help you. Until then simply avoid what hurts you. I need more information on what exactly happens when your knee pops out. Is it patella, is it lower leg dislocating? You would find out if you have involvement of one or both menisci on each knee. Which if any ligaments are involved. Find out as much as you can.
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂in reply to: Previous Knee issues…. #8563Hi Rina
I would skip Toe Stand for a while until we get down into the details… OK? It’s possible that Toe Stand may be off the menu either temporarily or permanently. Before that’s set in stone more info is needed.
Can I assume that Tree is fine for you? Do you have any limitations there? Does your foot make it up to your hip and is your heel on your midline? Do your knees hurt in Tree? Tell me what’s going on.
Is it the cartilage that is torn? Perhaps you have meniscus damage? Do you know exactly what is wrong in your knees?
Is it actually the knee that pops out (ouch) or is it perhaps the meniscus (which can get crushed between the bones). Either way it’s painful, but also crucial to know the reality of the situation.
It is important to be gentle with your knees. Until I know more I cannot offer you specific ideas. Let’s see what else we can discover…
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂in reply to: Blacked Out In Class #8562Aaahh breathing! Simply quite underrated! :cheese:
Welcome to the forum and thanks for coming out of the shadows, Nora
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂in reply to: cartilage tear in my hip #8558Hi Amy
At what stage of pregnancy or post childbirth did your injury surface?
During pregnancy your body produces hormones that open up the pelvis so that childbirth is physically an easier task. The pelvis gets wider. After childbirth it can take months to bring your body back to its previous form. It is best to focus on poses and forms that stabilize (contract back) your pelvis.
For example, for me it took me well over half a year for my hips to return to what I considered to be close to normal. I felt the change mostly in my difficulty to do Wind Removing pose. It went from super easy to difficult.
So you could either avoid poses that create a moving apart of your pelvis in favour of those that draw it back in energetically speaking. Either avoid those poses that cause discomfort, or modify them to halve the depth. What you could do is seek out some post natal yoga classes for some personalised help. Then take that body knowledge with you to hot yoga and see how that fits with your practice.
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂in reply to: Plugged ears, anyone?? #8555That’s great Lorna
It will be very interesting to hear what the specialists have to say and it will be of great benefit here on the forum. I appreciate your offer to share your information.
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂in reply to: feel dizzy and sick…. #8551Hi Rina
Is your head back only? Or have you pushed your hips forward first and then your head is back? Are your hands on your lower back?
A couple of things to try: See if you can pay some attention to the sensation that your hands against your lower back. It’s possible you are paying too much attention to the stuff that is not serving you! Make sure you are also looking back. Once you get hooked into that dizziness it can be very hard to keep looking backward.
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂Hi Leanne
I can sense your disappointment 🙁
Would you be willing to be more specific? Say, with your level of Vit D and exactly what has been advised you by your health practitioners. It is with those details that we can dig deeper and hopefully offer something of value.
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂in reply to: I feel it on my butt #8542Hi Liliana
As long as you have the lift incorporated in your hips (and also try to make it radiate through the lower half of your back to go up, up, up) then you should really be OK. But just checking with you, do you feel any resistance to the upward movement? Is it at all possible you are dropping through your hips a little in order to feel the stretch in the arms or by focusing on the push down of the legs? The geometry of this pose would generally dictate lumbar and lower thoracic opening.
Feel free to add more distinctions!!!
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂in reply to: Priorities… #8541Hi Liliana
Why don’t you devote first set to hands on hips and second set to hands on heels? Feel free to vary it a bit. Sometimes you can even put hands into prayer and look for your feet as one variant to open the spine.
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂in reply to: Compression on my mid-spine #8540Hi Liliana
I wonder if it’s got something to do with your increasing ability to move your arms behind your legs. You could be sensing your muscles drawing your scapulae further (in this orientation) up and inward as they hug your spine and almost press forward toward your heart.
Check in next time and see if that makes ‘sense’.
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂Thanks for your deeply appreciated comments! We’re both happy we have made a positive contribution. :cheese:
in reply to: Night Sweats #8539Hi Aviva
It seems that in your experience there is a definite link between what you feel and when you do your yoga in a hot room. Do you have any idea to what temperature the room is heated? What kind of salt do you use? There are plenty of people who experience a lessening of symptoms with hot yoga. But I suspect it is more than just “heat” but degree of heat would also be important. Let me know what you’re thinking!
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂in reply to: How many classes? #8538Hi
Every little bit helps. It’s a practice. The more you practise the better the benefits. So just decide what your outcome is for practising and adjust the frequency accordingly!!!
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂in reply to: kapalabhati #8537Hi Peter
The first time I read your post I checked the date and wondered if it were an April Fools’ joke! 😉
Would you be willing to tell us your thoughts about how it could happen?
It could generate some interesting discussion!
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂in reply to: emergen-c has too much c? now what? #8530Hi Julia
The excess C is not going to do you any harm at all. The only issue is the discomfort of the bowel effects. Is it possible that you could find a way to spread those 4 sachets over the day instead of 2 at a time.
Vitamin C only has a half life of about 4 hours so it clears pretty quickly. So spreading it out a bit will solve that issue most likely!
My suggestion then if you want the sachet during class but need a taste booster, is to perhaps add a few drops of lemon juice to the water (with or without a pinch of quality unprocessed sea salt).
The taste factor will be solved!
Tell me how you go
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂in reply to: what's up with my neck?? #8527Hi Liliana
Oh, don’t worry! Try this instead. Lengthen your neck a little on the floor and just drop your eyes a little. The chin is not so much tucked as it is ‘dropped’ a bit to increase the length at the back of the neck.
Maybe a change in approach will make it seem easier to ‘get’ in your body
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂in reply to: Plugged ears, anyone?? #8526Hi Lorna
That is great information – thanks! So what else makes your ears plugged like that? Is it just hot yoga and nothing else? Is it the sweat or not? Because if it’s not the sweat and it’s atmospheric moisture then it could happen on a rainy day.
Actually, I hardly ever get sweat dripping down my ears. So it makes sense that it is an entirely internal issue. But what is the plugging the result of and why does actively sweating cause it?
I want to troubleshoot this and work out what the solution is. I hope we get some contributions that help.
So can you perhaps share anything else that may help?
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂in reply to: Bikram frequency #8523Hi Danielle
I read your post again and realised nobody had commented yet. I am wondering if it’s because your question may need to be a little clearer! I am unsure how to help. Have you managed to get back to your practice after your accident? I broke my little toe last year and it wasn’t so bad to balance and work until I broke the big one on the same foot. 😆 I know there are challenges in practising at all when standing or putting weight through the foot is difficult!
Namaste
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