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in reply to: very painful Knee #5652
I actually skip the entire pose – it seems that just tree aggravates my knee. I am pretty inflexible and never made it to toe stand anyway. But skipping this pose and skipping fixed-firm pose has resolved my knee problems. Sometimes when my instructor takes notice of my skipping these poses he says “well maybe bikram is not for you”, and I just ignore him. Maybe I will become more flexible and in the future be able to do them, but for now the remaining 24 postures do me wonders.
here here! i’m in a similar position as you. i remember (out of all of the compliments) the one or two times in the three years of practicing (at least five times a week) of a teacher saying that bikram might not be for me. and it might not be. thankfully and gratefully, i have a bunch of teachers around me and studios to choose from and guess what – some of those teachers – bikram might not be for them.
time will tell.
btw – i am also having knee problems – mines a miniscus tear – medial. two weeks into the injury. it didn’t occur after anything traumatic/sports injury. i had a corizone shot and the only thing really bothering me know is stairs. i also stay away from tree although i do like the stretch down my quad if i just bend over and not bend my knee. supta V. and I aren’t getting along well recently.
i’m hoping that it’s just an old injury suddenly appearing and working it’s way out.cause like you – the affect of the whole series (not all of the postures) and not just how flexible i am are working wonders.
in reply to: hot yoga for hearing impaired #5651i am hard of hearing and can’t hear out of my left ear during class. sometimes this is a blessing. after you do this yoga for a bit you realize how long to hold a pose. since the yoga asanas and dialogue is ocnstant – generally speaking it’s really a bit of a blessing because sometimes teachers are a tad militaristic and the dialogue is the same – so i can tune them out and concentrate on the asanas. it forces me to be attune in with the class – cause i don’t want to come too late or enter the postures too early.
in reply to: yes – it's another knee inquiry #5650No other condition cause it. surgery isn’t an option.
right now (after a cortizone) the only thing that is really painful is four flights of stairs up to the studio (but there are other studios in my area).
so i’m trying to ascertain whether bikram killed my knee or bikram is helping my knee deal with something that has been hidden or ???
greetings!
When I first started bikram (two weeks after the first class) i had some serious rib pain. this was the first yoga that i did despite being an active person for the past couple of decades. i felt like a whole part of my muscle moved. i laid off bikram for a week and got some massages and eased back in. A year later i also developed pain in my lower ribs – ends up i had a small fracture there. get an x-ray. sometimes some old injuries (some that you never thought that you had/remembered about) pop back up. and now they can heal properly. Good luck and stick with it.
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