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Hi Gabrielle,
Thanks for getting back to me. I have not yet restarted my bikram yoga practice. I plan to do so this week. I have been doing the stretching exercises as well as the exercises you mentioned (pushing against the wall corner). The pain has subsided but it has not gone away. I still have pain while lifting a glass of water. The pain is also constantly there during the day but it is not as bad as it was a few weeks ago. I met with the orthopedic again last week and he wanted to give me a cortisone shot which i refused.
I am continuing with the strengthening and flexibility exercises and hopefully Bikram will fix my elbow.
Your pointers on not stressing my shoulder while raising my hands above my head are as usual priceless. I definitely tend to lift my shoulder while straightening my hands above my head. Could you please explain what “lifting of the shoulders” does anatomically? How does it cause problems.
Thanks
Vijayin reply to: Constant Lower back pain #9525Hi Gabrielle,
thanks for taking the time to help me.The answers to your questions are below:
1) I take off one day a week.2) I had a back injury similar to this in 2007 but it went away in a couple of weeks.
3) My core could do with additional strengthening no doubt.
4)I have seen a chiropractor and she says that my right hip seems to be misaligned and she wants to help me fix it. I have had a couple of sessions with her and it has helped but the pain and stiffness is still there.
5)At the start of Pranayama, I lock out my knees, tighten my hips and glutes at the start. I try to keep my chest lifted as I look back with my head. Recently, this is not causing me as much stiffness as it used to, but there still is some stiffness. I have a feeling that I am collapsing into my lower back as I look drop my head(not sure though)
6)In the half moon back bend, I straighten my hands, lock out my elbows and raise my chest to the ceiling, then I drop my head back and then keeping a lifted chest and locked out arms, I lower my arms backwards as far as I can go.
7)In separate leg stretching pose, my legs are locked out, my feet are pigeon toed. I try to keep a straight back and come down from my hips. This pose seems to do me a lot of good. Once I come out of this pose, my back no longer hurts or feels stiff.
8)The Janushirasana pose is difficult for me as I have tight hamstrings(which are getting better), after I bend forward and try to grab my foot is when I feel my back hurt or get so stiff that I have problems doing the next pose, standing bow pulling pose.
Thanks
Vijay
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