sacro-iliac injuries

[Guest guest]

Enough! Knee injuries have been number one in the

in jury top ten hit parade for too long...<br>Does

anyone else have problems with their back? Every couple

of months or so, my left sacroiliac joint seizes. It

makes for an interesting practise (very limited upward

dogs). The last time this happened was at Yoga Plus in

Crete. Now, wierdly enough, at the same time my hips

opened to an amazing extent (slipping into padmasana is

a piece of ****). Radha said the pain was an

opening.... what does everyone else think? And what's the

best treatment, bearing in mind it happens fairly

regularly?

[Guest guest]

I've never had any problems with this area of my

body. However, 2 people I know

have.<br><br>Interestingly enough (to me anyway) both were of German

ethnicity and very similar body types. One was my old

karate teacher (who was quite flexible) and the other

was John Schumacher, a fairly well known Iyengar

instructor. Also similar was the mysterious onset of the

"slippage" for both these men: it just happens out of the

blue for no apparent reason, while engaged in

non-strenous activity. Also similar is the pain from the

slippage: absolutely incapacitating and mindblowing. My

friend the karate guy went to see an Osteopath for

relief; I'm not sure what Schumacher did.<br><br>Seems to

me that certain conditions are genetic in nature;

that is, they may not occur because of incorrect

technique, but are inherent in the individual's

constitution. Of course this is just my observation from a very

limited range of experience . . . yet it does make sense

that if certain body types have inherent strengths, it

follows that inherent weaknesses may also exist.