Are your mind, body and spirit out of tune? You might think about pulling out the yoga mat. Yoga is practiced by millions worldwide to reduce stress, increase flexibility and improve overall health, but some experts warn that all of those complex stretches and maneuvers could be doing serious damage to your body. Is yoga the secret to a healthy life, or could you just be kicking yourself?
Washington U School of Medicine
As we get older, the range of motion into the back into extension (curved inward) is limited and should not be forced in that direction. Individuals that are very flexible that can easily bend over from the standing position and put their chest on their thighs should not continued to do this because it excessively stretches the structures in the posterior aspects of the hip. If these same individuals then in the bent over position rotate from one side to the other they are putting their hip at risk for maintaining the appropriate stability. My major concern is that one size does not fit all and that the appropriate guidelines are not in place and that individual structural variations are not considered and that individuals can create musculoskeletal problems over time.
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