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By: Subhash

Subhash — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 00:19:52 +0000

You may want to start out with some gentler versions of yoga. As I mentioned, your body needs to get ready for deeper stretching. Please call me at your convenience.

By: Kellee

Kellee — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 18:56:15 +0000

WOW – thank you so much for the quick and generous reply!!
The practice I am doing is just at my gym – although I have done Birham yoga a time or two.
I also enjoy doing some of the classes on the yogatoday website when I can’t get to the gym.
I know that doesn’t help much – I will try to call you after the Holidays.
My Best – km

By: Subhash

Subhash — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 13:08:13 +0000

Dear Kellee,
Let me first of all welcome you to the yoga club. I am glad to see that you are enjoying your yoga practice.
As for the aches and pains that you are developing, it is hard for me to make an assessment without knowing a little more about your practice. What style of yoga do you practice? Every physical activity, including yoga, involves different muscles, muscle groups, joints etc. Since you are new to yoga, it is reasonable to believe that you are engaging many different muscles which do not get involved in your other physical activities that you have mentioned. It is more a question of awareness while you are doing your asanas. If you follow your breathing pattern while doing the asanas there is a better chance that you will be more aware of what each yoga stretch is doing to your body. It is this awareness that helps prevent injuries. I think you should give yourself some more time to allow the body to get used to these new movements and then see how you feel. I will be glad to speak to you over the phone – 919-926-9717. All the best,
Subhash

By: Kellee

Kellee — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 12:07:17 +0000

Hello,
I am new to yoga. I am only doing it once or twice a week and really love it.
The problem is – I have noticed in the last month that I am prone to minor injuries much easier than before.
For example – I strained a muscle in my back, my knees have a dull pain in them, and my wrists ache.
I also do other physical activity such as biking, hiking and weight lifting, but I’ve never had so many ailments all at the same time – could it be that my body is more vulnerable to injury while i am in the begining phases of my yoga practice?
Just curious. I do not want to stop the yoga, but I can’t keep adding aches and pains.
Thank you for taking the time to read this

By: Subhash Mittal

Subhash Mittal — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:12:38 +0000

Dear Suyash,
Thank you so much for your feedback. Yes, I entirely agree with you that it is NOT yoga per se that is responsible for the injuries. In fact, that is the point of the whole article. As you can see I have given several reasons why and how injuries occur while practicing yoga (or any other physical activity for that matter). But your point is well taken about the language that I have used. In fact, based on your comment, I have changed the word “obviously” to “apparently” in the sentence, “So, the answer to the question, �can yoga practice cause injury?� is apparently �yes�” above. Thanks again for taking the time to read and comment on the article.

By: Suyash

Suyash — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:11:38 +0000

Well Subhash, i do not agree with the way it is put forward “yes yoga can cause injuries”. What if we say its not Yoga but the people practicing Yoga make it an injury causing life science. Yoga is such a subjective science still has never harmed practitioners, who do it right. The way a practitioner performs Yoga Asanas can significantly be a reason to cause or heal an injury. Isn’t it?