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| Hi!
I tore my left meniscus this week, went to the doctor today. She says I need to rest for 3 weeks, and massage my knee with warm oil (arnica oil, I'm not sure if it's called arnica in English as well...), and if it doesn't get any better, I need to have surgery.
I wonder if I still can do my yoga, and teach yoga as well. Does anyone have experience with these things? Are there healing yoga poses for torn menisci? Is there anything else I can do to prevent surgery?
I read something about vegan glucosamine, does anyone have experience with it?
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| Thank God you posted this:
- There is NO Yoga Pose which heals any thing. Yoga Pose only gives exercise.
- Rest is the only thing which heals any thing. So, of course, rest must be taken.
- NO Yoga should be done which uses knees and NO Teaching should be done which uses knees if you are going to demo it.
- If you are allowed to make movements, gentle movements of knees should be done carefully.
- Once healed or after 3 weeks, think of surgery or not. Forget surgery during this period.
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| thank god you posted that
there is NNNNNNOOOOO need to shout NNNNNNNOOOOOOOO  |
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| I concur. DO NOT DO ANY YOGA that will affect the knee. I would actually let it rest for 6 weeks rather then 3. Did they recommend surgery? |
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| Thanks for the replies!
My doctor didn't recommend surgery yet, she wants to give the knee a change to heal on it's own. I hope it does... If it's not any better in three weeks, I need to have surgery.
So, as for now, I'm just trying to rest my knee as much as possible. I massage it twice a day with warming oil (also the right knee, to keep some kind of balance), and I started taking vegan glucosamine / alchemilla. I'm not focussing on asana at the moment (at least nothing affecting the knee), more on pranayama, meditation (prana to the knee), savasana... |
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Yoga for torn meniscus?
