Rotator cuff tendonitis

[Guest guest]

I can't claim to be an injury expert but I did

have a pretty bad shoulder injury a while ago. It was

painful for a long time and I continued to practice but

was able to do less and less every day. I really

worried about whether to stop or not, especially as I had

always continued to practice through injuries in the

past, but deep down I kind knew that for once yoga was

not helping matters. Looking back I can see now that

it was partly my ego that didn't want to admit that

practicing might be doing me harm. It got so bad in the end

that I couldn't move at all for several days and after

that I didn't practice and just had treatments and

rested for about a month. <br>It was the longest break

I've ever had from my practice and it was hard and

felt kind of strange but it was definately the right

thing to do. I'm back practicing 5/6 days a week now -

I still get the odd twinge and I have to be gentle

with my shoulder. More recently I have been working on

keeping my shoulders relaxed and opening my chest which

really seems to help. <br>I guess what I'm trying to say

is that you have to listen to your body - no one

else can tell you whether to practice or not. I found

that everyone had an opinion about practcing with an

injury and listening to them all only made it harder for

me to really listen to my what my body was telling

me, which was to back off. <br>What was really

interestng was that my body didn't stiffen up during the

break and in fact my practice was better for the break.

<br>Be good to yourself<br>Daisy