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| Hi I just joined this site and happy that I did
I practice yoga 2-3 times a week for past 3 years, run on other days
I developed back pain 4 weeks ago after walking in DC for 5 days with my kids.
I wore running shoes which allow my feet to pronate.
I have pain now intermittent in my SI joint area. What makes it better is pigeon pose, warrior 1 and 2, triangle pose
After an hour of yoga there is no pain it is amazing
Then if a day or two go by back hurts with left lower quadrant pain and a little thigh pain
My question is is this all due to my psoas and what can I do to help lengthen
I live in eastern ma. Would love a recommendation for a good massage therapist.
Thanks in advance!
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| Hi my friend… I just joined today myself… I was looking for a forum like this all day… Most of them are full of disillusioned negative students who seem to have lost the path… I am hoping to learn something here… I am a 58-year-old man; I am retired now because of my back… My last occupation was an Ayurvedic specialist for the last 10 years… I studied at the California Collage of Ayurveda for 2 years and then open a home base practice… At last ditch effort, I had a failing back operation 3 years ago… I have come to terms with it and I just live with it now… enough about me… You might want to give up jogging before the shock absorbs between your vertebra's give out all together…Yoga will help but it can not stop the damage if you keep running… The disk between the vertebra's can only take so much… I know what I am talking about here… I have been down this road many years ago… Stretching and walking is good… jogging is bad… Sorry but this is the facts… Noel |
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| Hello Danny,
With only what you've shared it cannot be pinned down to the psoas. It may be so but from the perspective of yoga therapy it requires assessment. And then a protocol developed from that assessment should be administered by a qualified teacher.
However if you simply want to work on lengthening the psoas you can do so in Eka Pada Supta Virasana. Unless you are already very open I suggest you sit on the end of a bolster, take the right leg back into virasana and keep the left leg as shown. Then slowly walk yourself back only to the point where you can maintain rooting of the virasana shin.
Doing the pose improperly can actually stress the sacrum - which is why I mention a teacher in my first paragraph.
Edited by purnayoga 2009-04-11 1:51 AM
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psoas injury?
