Hips a poppin' (was: SPW=fiction

[Guest guest]

Patience and practice. I'm not comfortable

hearing that you're being pushed until you pop. Popping

can be normal release of gases in the joints but

forced popping can be dangerous. I'd back-off and work

more gently with your given flexibility level. It

could take years to adjust your range. Maybe more

length in the muscle would loosen the joint area to gain

more rotational range. <br><br>I have a similar

problem with my right hip. My left hip opened up when I

concentrated on the lengthening the hamstring but my right hip

isn't cooperating. I've figured out it's because I have

scar tissue buildup on my right groin due to a skiing

accident years ago. I was looking in the wrong place..the

hip and not in the muscle attached to the hip. I,

too, get an occasional sore pop when in trikonasana on

that side and can extend further but I don't think

it's advisable to push into it. Instead, I am

concentrating on realigning and lengthening the hamstring and

groin. <br><br>Good luck,<br>Yeshe

[Guest guest]

Hi ...<br><br>I should clarify, just because I

may not have put it quite correctly ... my teacher

doesn't push me with the specific intent of popping that

hip ... he's just easing me into the stretch, and as

he helps me lean ever further forward, my hip'll

just go *pop*! <br><br>I happen to have decent

flexibility in the forward bend direction, so it doesn't

really feel alarming when he does it. the popped hip

feels sorer than the other on the two occasions when it

happened, but it's the nice kind of soreness, not the bad

kind.<br><br>Interestingly, now that I"m thinking about it, some of the

triangle poses are easier on one side than the other ...

going to have to make a note of which side next time

.... it's different for each one. <br><br>But yes, I

do agree that the stretching emphasis is on the

hamstrings and groin muscles, which I make sure to focus on.