lower back pain

[Guest guest]

hallo to everyone out there...<br><br>i have a

question about some really strange lower back pain which

comes and disapears irregulary during my practice. the

wired thing is that this "shooting nerve pain" just

occurs in the right side of my body, close to the

saccrum and that it hurts the most in uttasana and

paschimottasana as well as in rotated triangle to the right. no

pain in the janusirasana or marichyasana sequence.

<br>did anybody experience something similar? <br>i'm

practicing primary series for about a year on a regular

6-day basis. it just feels wired right now that all the

sudden i have to bend my legs in all forward bends

involving both legs.<br><br>thanks for every comment on

this subject.<br>OM Shanti

[Guest guest]

Hi....Just a thought on your lower back pain. You

many have a twisted sacrum which you are feeling when

doing your forward bends. I have the same thing. There

is no pain in the seated bends because you do them

one leg at a time. You may be stretching one side

more than the other and, if your hips are not

perfectly square, you may be twisting your sacrum. I would

back off the seated asanas and get some acupuncture.

<br><br>Best of luck,<br>Yeshe

[Guest guest]

I am recovering from surgery (in december 2005) for removal of fibroids (10) and

cervical

cysts (the use of progesterone cream on my arms and dhea capsules resolved those

in 2

months, but I had those for one and 1/2 years, and lost my entire practice of

first and

second series). I am attempting to return to first series practice, but have

difficulty with

lower back pain - my lumbar and sacrum locks up.

I am continuing with physical therapy, acupuncture, meditation, pranayama, added

Reiki,

Qi Gong, I can do Surya Namaskar and standing postures and the 3 final seated

postures

and take an occasional Bikram class (heavily modified), but I would really

prefer to get my

Ashtanga practice back before I hit 50 (I'm 47). Any ideas? This is driving me

bonkers....

sandra

 

ashtanga yoga, gambir wrote:

> i noticed that when i started i had a run of

> stiffness/achng in my lower back. i think it was from poor form

> than anything else; our instructor just told me to

> keep a good abdominal lock with my sitting bones

> tucked in. worked for me.