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Downward Facing Dog: Not A Beginner Pose
Downward Facing Dog: Not A Beginner Pose Downward facing dog is perhaps the most commonly used (and abused) yoga posture. That makes the chance of overuse injury in this pose pretty high, especially from my vantage point as a licensed clinician who has both studied and practiced yoga for more than 25 years and taught…
Hip Q&A: Postsurgical Positional Hip Pain
Hip Q&A: Postsurgical Positional Hip Pain Question from Lydia: I’m 7 months labral repair via scope. Here is the short story: I was sitting on chair with good right foot under the left buttock unconsciously – while paying bills. I couldn’t get up and needed help to walk. I could not put any weight on…
“Hip Openers” in Yoga? (Please, Let’s Stop the Madness.)
“Hip Openers” in Yoga? Please, Let’s Stop the Madness. Yoga is, inarguably, a popular contemplative science, enjoying 36.7 million practitioners in the US alone, up from 20.4 million in 2012 (Yoga in America, 2016). A 16 billion dollar industry, yoga is one of the most widely utilized methods of complementary and integrative medicine in America…
Pose of the Week: Half & Full Lotus Pose
Question: What is happening to the knee and hip in half and full lotus pose? Answer: This is a GREAT question! I’ve seen this pose hurt many people – and my mission as a therapist is to help people heal – and avoid getting hurt, especially in yoga. So my answer is multi-faceted. First, I…
