Why does Back Bending hurt with scoliosis?
Many years ago when I was an early yoga teacher, not yet a therapist, one of my colleagues mentioned that back bending made her unhappy. This woman had scoliosis. I was immediately curious, and my untrained mind was trying to figure out the source, but I didn’t know anything about …
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To Side Bend, or not to Side Bend,
IS that the Question? How I got curious about Side Bending and Scoliosis Years ago, I was working with a client with severe scoliosis. I noticed she was experiencing some discomfort when I asked her to bend towards the side of her more prominent curve. I remember being confused by …
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Back off! Yoga therapy and posture: Part 1
Whenever I tell someone I am a yoga therapist I usually get one of several responses. “What is that?” “I need to do more yoga/get back to my yoga practice.” Or, often, “I need to fix my posture!” Although the true purpose of yoga (to calm the whirling of the …
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