I share my experience as a practitioner of Ashtanga Yoga since May 2017. Although I already talked about this in the previous article My Pain In Yoga And Its Healing Power, today I will focus on low back pain, the physical pain most common in my yoga practice to be one of the frequently asked questions to answer questions:
Practicing yoga with back pain (mild or moderate) under the supervision of professionals will help you strengthen your muscles, to combat low back pain, and in short, it will allow you to return to your usual activity more quickly with an early improvement. Likewise, our bodies are constantly changing, just like life itself…
A diligent and regular practice of yoga can surprise us with temporary pains that limit us to perform asanas that we used to do easily and for that reason, we should not stop practicing.
Pain when practicing yoga is normalhe; a sign of changes in our lives, of the process of progress in the practice, of having to slow down or listen to ourselves more… Frustrating? It may seem to a practitioner that he is initiated and has not read much about yogic philosophy; However, it is not. Pain in the field can occur at any time and with that you need to keep practicing and make the necessary adjustments to always heal with the help of a teacher.
In my case the first low back pain I had was from delving into Catching and now from delving into Dwi Pada Sirsasana, Yoganidrasana and Karandavasana.
- Adjust poses where there is pain.
- Find a new way to enter it with less pain.
- Hold the pose where it hurts and take 10 to 20 gentle breaths.
- Close your eyes if necessary.
- Cry if necessary.
- Include poses that promote stretching of the area of pain.
- See an osteopath or physiotherapist.
Low back pain is a disease that affects more than 80% of people at all stages of life. Low back pain has a multifactorial origin, ie it is not possible to define a single responsible cause.
Some causes are: origin muscular (e.g. a muscle contracture), originating degenerative (e.g. osteoarthritis)† original nerve or root (eg, a herniated disc) or as a result of trauma, falls, or overuse (eg, a spinal fracture).
Before starting stretching and regular moderate physical activity, I recommend that you identify the cause of your low back pain by seeing an osteopath or physical therapist. Yoga for back pain can be practiced when low back pain is due to muscle contracture, inactivity, or degenerative osteoarthritis-like pathology. In people with radicular pain due to nerve damage, the practice should be very well framed by a professional and on a medical prescription. I share the best poses to relieve back pain.
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Source: Marie Claire
